Open AccessShift in Pacific Sea Level Trends Will Affect the West Coast
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo054345
Subject(s) - oceanography , west coast , pacific ocean , pacific rim , affect (linguistics) , sea level , geography , environmental science , fishery , geology , biology , philosophy , linguistics
The first study on the shift toward higher sea levels in the eastern Pacific Ocean over the past 5 years indicates it will continue, leading to much higher seas on the western coasts of the Americas.