Evening Lecture | Jeremy Jackson: Sea Level Rise is Dangerous

NEWPORT, R.I. – Author, researcher and marine biologist Jeremy Jackson gave a presentation titled “Sea Level Rise is Dangerous” at U.S. Naval War College (NWC), Feb. 3, addressing environmental changes and the implications of those events on people.

“The threats to the ocean life that I love are, if anything, more dangerous to us than they are to the natural life of the oceans,” said Jackson.

Jackson said the sea level has risen seven to eight inches since 1900, due to the expansion of sea water from rising temperatures and melting ocean ice.

The future effects of continued sea level rise on coastal cities such as New York, Miami and New Orleans remains unknown.