Tide Gauges, Eastern North America (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Tide Gauges, Eastern North America

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By using historical data from the 40 tide gauges shown on this map, University of Arizona geoscientist Paul Goddard and his colleagues figured out that sea level rose four inches (100 mm) from New York to Newfoundland (red dots) in 2009 and 2010. Gauges from New York south to Cape Hatteras (pink dots) showed a smaller spike in sea level for the same time period. No sea level spike was recorded on the gauges (white dots) south of Cape Hatteras.

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Paul Goddard/ University of Arizona department of geosciences

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