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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Photo: Sea Levels Rose Two Feet This Summer in U.S. East


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High tides lash a Destin, Florida, pavilion—usually on dry land—ahead of tropical storm Claudette on August 17, 2009.

Aside from such short-term events as storms, anomalous wind and ocean patterns caused a sustained and unexpected rise in sea levels on the U.S. East Coast through much of summer 2009, according to a September 2009 report.

Photograph by Mari Darr-Welch/AP