Photos of Marin County during the king tide help us understand what the impacts of future sea level rise will be.
, wrote in an email."It’s a much more visceral experience to see your favorite beach or your route to work under water than it is to look at a graph of projected sea level rise."
Reed Freidinger walks with his dog along a flooded Sausalito/Mill Valley bike path during the"King Tide" in Mill Valley, California on January 3, 2022. -"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align in orbit to produce unusually high water levels and can cause local tidal flooding. Over time, sea level rise is raising the height of tidal systems.
King tides are 1 to 2 feet higher than the average tide throughout the year, and this is the amount of sea level rise the California Ocean Protection Council’ssays the state will see by 2050 based on current fossil fuel emissions. The council was formed under the California Ocean Protection Act that was signed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004 with the intent of maintaining healthy, resilient and productive ocean and coastal ecosystems.
"It is reasonable to assume these tides may become a daily occurrence around mid-century," Dan Hossfeld, environmental scientist for theprogram at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, wrote in an email."King tides also show us that in addition to the permanent impacts of sea level rise, temporary events like rainfall, storm surges, and groundwater rise may create compounding impacts much sooner than are anticipated from just sea level rise alone.
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