According to recent studies, ocean levels are rising at the fastest rates in the last 28 centuries. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, increasing greatly during the Industrial Revolution and continuing on into modern day, are what caused this phenomenon. Tidal flooding of coastal cities has become a major issue, and statistics showing a possible ocean rise of three to four feet by 2100 would lead to abandonment of many of these places. Up to three fourths of these floods would not happen in the absence of human emissions. The ocean is extremely sensitive to even slight changes in the earth's temperature. While the pace at which the ocean is rising may be slowed, especially with the recent climate agreement negotiated in Paris, it likely cannot be stopped.
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