What's the worry? "Sea level continues to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch per year" -- NOAA?
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html
Anonymous
Because that rate has more than doubled in the past few decades, and the current rate appears to be even higher than that. There are good reasons to believe it will keep increasing.
BlackAdder
There is a limited amount of water in the world. In fact, all the water in the world is pretty much the same amount of water as there has always been. The only water available to increase the 'depth' of the oceans is frozen and THAT, given the vast expanse of the Earth's oceans is VERY small. Make an ice cube out of a bath tub full of water. Throw it back into the bath tub. The affect is immeasurable.
At most, sea levels will rise a TOTAL of two or three inches. If that's enough to cause a crisis for you in 20 to 50 years? Deal with it.
Anonymous
We don't care, just move to higher ground or build a wall.
Lord Aizen
Even minuscule amounts of sea level rise can have devastating impacts on the planet.
The oceans are MASSIVE so even 1/8 of an inch is substantial.
Anonymous
I thought it was 3 inches a year..