Ocean ‘Hot Spots’ Will Flood Coastal Cities by Forcing Sea Levels to Rise Rapidly and Severely – Newsweek
Article Synopsis – Researchers have shown that converging natural climate processes created a “hot spot” from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Miami where sea levels rose six times faster than the global average between 2011 and 2015, and such hot spots have occurred at other points along the Eastern Seaboard over the past century. The hot spots form when the accumulated signals of ENSO and the NAO converge, displacing seawater toward the coastline. There are indications that one is developing in Texas and Louisiana, where it likely amplified flooding during Harvey—and could make future coastal storms more damaging. To read the actual article click here.