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DBoon

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31. Hot water expands

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 10:16 PM

Dec 15

I believe local high ocean temperatures near Florida are behind some of the sea level increase. You see more of this in FL than in the Northeast US or Europe.

I'm not an expert on this by any means, and if someone who is wants to address this I'd welcome them.

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