Sea-level rise for the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington : past, present, and future / Committee on Sea Level Rise in California, Oregon, and Washington, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Sea Level Rise in California, Oregon, and Washington., Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council. Committee on Sea Level Rise in California, Oregon, and Washington, issuing body.

National Research Council. Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Ocean Studies Board, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea level--California.

Sea level.

Climatic changes--California.

Climatic changes.

Coast changes--California.

Coast changes.

Sea level--Oregon.

Climatic changes--Oregon.

Coast changes--Oregon.

Sea level--Washington.

Climatic changes--Washington.

Coast changes--Washington.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Tide gages show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are rising mainly because ocean water expands as it warms; and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets is flowing into the ocean. Sea-level rise poses enormous risks to the valuable infrastructure, development, and wetlands that line much of the 1,600 mile shoreline of California, Oregon, and Washington. As those states seek to incorporate projections of sea-level rise into coastal planning, they asked the National Research Council to make independent projections of sea-level rise along their coasts for the years 2030, 2050, and 2100, taking into account regional factors that affect sea level."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Measured Global Sea-Level Rise; 3 Contributions to Global Sea-Level Rise; 4 Sea-Level Variability and Change off the California, Oregon, and Washington Coasts; 5 Projections of Sea-Level Change; 6 Responses of the Natural Shoreline to Sea-Level Rise; References; Appendix A: Vertical Land Motion and Sea-Level Data Along the West Coast of the United States; Appendix B: Sea-Level Rise in the Northeast Pacific Ocean; Appendix C: Analysis of Sea-Level Fingerprint Effects

Appendix D: Long-Term Tide Gage Stability From Leveling Data Appendix E: Cryosphere Extrapolations; Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2014).

ISBN:

9780309255974

030925597X

9780309255950

0309255953

OCLC:

815520702