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pbs.org/newshour/science/what-to-know-about-the-kelvin-wave-raising-the-sea-level-along-the-west-coast

What to know about the Kelvin wave raising the sea level along the West Coast

Invisible bulges of warm water up to a foot high are about to crawl up the West Coast at 150 miles a day, raising the baseline sea level from California to Washington through February. Experts say the real danger isn't the wave itself but what it does to ordinary high tides and storms.

— via PBS NewsHour, Martha Bellisle, Associated Press


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