Hot Spot on the Eastern Seaboard  June 29, 2012 by The Dove ·
Leave a Comment   New evidence has shown that a “hot spot” could
cause sea levels on the eastern seaboard of the US to advance
faster than the projected global average. This increase is
attributed to a change in the North Atlantic current, which
scientist say is warming and as a result slowing down. The
affected are stretches over 600 miles, from North Carolina all
the way to northern Massachusetts. In a study conducted by the
USGS, global sea levels have risen between 0.6 and one
millimeter per year since 1990, but levels along this portion of
the eastern seaboard have gone up 3.7 millimeters in some areas-
four times the global average. You may be thinking that this is
such a small rise, how could it possibly affect things? Over a
few years, yes, the difference may be fairly negligible, but
over several decades the change adds up. This rise happens not
just at a quicker rate, but at a more rapid pace, like a car on
a highway “jamming on the accel