Is sea level rising in last 15 years?

Answer 1

World Bank reported in 2001 sea level rising about 3 mm year in the Bay of Bengal. It warned of loss of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans, worlds largest mangrove forest, and threats to hundreds of bird species. 15 to 20 percent of Bangladesh is within one meter of sea level. This means predicted sea level rise, at a rate that is increasing, will not only affect millions of people -- estimates are 13 to 30 million -- but will also flood out much rice production. The World Bank warned of a decline of rice crop up to 30 percent with predicted sea level rise. This is not a one-time event that sometime in the future will affect so many. It is a constant process of ever higher tides which affects more and more people even in time of lower river flow and good weather.

References include:
Gain, Philip, ed. Bangladesh Environment: Facing the 21st Century (Soc for Env and Human Development, Dhaka, 2002.
Notes from meeting with National Oceanographic and Maritime Institute members in Dhaka, June 23, 2005, and an email follow-up from M.H. Khan Chowdhury
Interviews with residents of Bhola Island, 24-26 June 2005.

World Bank and UN Environmental Programme reports, and report on Climate.org "Bangladesh Is Used to Coping, But Rising Seas Pose New Dangers"

Here is but a minutae of information and if it is happening in Bengal the water is rising all over the world. The globe is warming and seas are rising. thank you for asking this question.

Answer 2

Yes the sea level is raising at least 4cm each year due to global warming and the melting of the polar caps. Supposedly by 2100 the level will raise up 3 feet around the globe and places like Florida, NC, Shanghai will have an entirely different land structure. Thousands will be displaced and our weather will never be the same.

Answer 3

I've lived on St Thomas island, and mostly on boats for 35 years so I can say for certain no sea level rise.........and as far as the "melting of the polar caps" and sea level rise........the Arctic Ice Cap, across which a 74 year old woman just walked to the Pole, is floating already on the Arctic Ocean........if it melts there is no change to sea level just as you glass of lemonade doesnt rise as the ice in it melts

Answer 4

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Answer 5

No. I've lived in florida for 23 years. No sign of sea elevation.

Answer 6

Yes, but at a slow rate. The rate depend on the global warming.*

Answer 7

No, you'd hear all the complaining in the news from the rich people with beachfront properties if it did.

Answer 8

yes