 |
| Seaport Global Connections |
This is a long series because seaports are a critical organ of the economy of civilization (Seaports With Sea Level Change, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36).
While oil is said to be the 'lifeblood' of economies (The Land of Bullshitistan) ports can be thought of as the blood vessels/arteries which that 'lifeblood' flows through:
"By volume, more than 95 percent of U.S. international trade moves through the nation's ports and harbors"(NOAH Ports). Thus, it seems that it would be wise for us to keep a sharp eye on our seaports and work together to maintain them.
Today's information about seaports located in countries with Single Coastlines or with Multiple Coastlines are arranged alphabetically (e.g. Ports By Country).
Those appendices contain port information links, tide gauge station links, and sea level change (rise and fall) links.
Sea level change, whether sea level fall or sea level rise, is a concern because ports were built when the sea was at one level at that location, but over time that sea level can rise or fall, depending on the port's distance from ice sheets (e.g. Greenland, Antarctica, Glacier Bay, Patagonia, or "The Third Pole") and ice sheet melt rates.
To erase and replace sea level change myths, if you haven't done so already, check out the work of Dr. Mitrovica:
"In the popular imagination, sea levels rise in response to a warming climate in the same way water rises in a bathtub when the tap is turned on: evenly and uniformly around the globe.
Until nine years ago, many scientists also assumed the same thing.
... [however]
In fact, some places on Earth could find the local sea level falling. This is because the sheer mass of glaciers generates gravitational pull and draws water closer, raising the sea level nearby. As glaciers melt, though, this pull weakens and the adjacent sea level falls. At locations far from a given glacier, the most noticeable effect of its melting will indeed be the increased volume that meltwater has added to the sea; closer in, though, decreased gravitational pull becomes the predominant effect."
(Harvard Magazine, emphasis added). Check out the video below if you haven't already.
The previous post in this series is here.
