Rebecca Hersher

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559 appearances 28 recordings 3 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard 20 Sep

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Short Wave · Nature Quest: How High Will Sea Levels Rise? · 30 Sep 2025 podcast

So anyway, I just had to mention that before we go any further.

But going back to your question, why do different places have such different amounts of sea level rise?

Because I don't think I've fixed that problem.

Yes, exactly.

So I called up one of the top sea level rise scientists to talk about this.

Oh, cool.

So the first thing Ben pointed out is that the ocean is not static.

It's not like a bucket of water.

It has currents moving through it.

So depending on where you are relative to ocean currents, you might see more rapid or less rapid sea level rise.

And actually, if you live very close to an ice sheet, like in Greenland, for example, you experience less sea level rise.

And that's basically because of how the water moves and also how the land that's under the ice changes as the ice melts.

Yeah, the Earth is very weird and wonderful at times.

Yeah, those are two of the reasons.

But in the U.S., there's actually a third reason that's even more important.

And that's about how the land itself is moving.

So let's do a thought experiment.

Emily Kwong, are you ready?

I'm ready.

Imagine.

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