{"id":46219,"date":"2021-01-04T11:38:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T01:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=46219"},"modified":"2021-01-04T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T01:08:37","slug":"sea-level-rise-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg\" alt=\"Sea level rise - climate change\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to prevaricate.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t even waste time using large words I hardly understand.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to come right out and say it.\u00a0 The world&#8217;s oceans have problems &#8212; big problems as in they&#8217;re getting bigger.\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\r\n<p>Thanks to civilization dumping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the annual sea level increase over the past 28 years of accurate satellite observation has been just shy of twice the average over the past 120 years.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>We are likely to see 10 cm of sea-level rise since satellite measurements commenced in 1993.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>While a 10 cm sea level increase may not seem so serious, speaking as part Dutch, I can assure you it is dangerous and creating problems that sticking fingers in dikes can&#8217;t fix.\u00a0 The only reason I&#8217;m not curled into a ball and sobbing under the table over the prospects for the future is that I&#8217;m optimistic the world will slam the brakes on carbon emissions over the next couple of decades, allowing us to slow the rate at which oceans rise.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_46248\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46248\" class=\"wp-image-46248 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans8B.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans8B.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans8B-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans8B-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-46248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m sorry, ladies, but we&#8217;re well past this point.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>I am well qualified to tell you all about sea-level rise on account of the accursed Dutch blood flowing through my veins.\u00a0 Some people believe it&#8217;s necessary to study climatology and oceanography for years to speak authoritatively on the subject. Still, I&#8217;m pretty sure accursed blood is enough to get me 90% of the way.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<h2>How To Get A Rise Out Of The Ocean<\/h2>\r\n<p>Thanks almost entirely to global warming, the world&#8217;s oceans have risen by around 20 cm since 1900.\u00a0 The actual figure could be a few centimetres to either side, as we didn&#8217;t have satellites doing laps around the planet 100+ years ago.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve had them measuring sea levels for 28 years and around half the increase has occurred in that time.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Two ways increased global temperatures result in sea levels rising:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Thermal expansion of the oceans.<\/li>\r\n<li>Melting of land-based ice.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>There has also been a relatively small increase caused by:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Pumping vast amounts of water out of aquifers for irrigation.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>There is one thing humans do that counteracts sea level rises, but it is embarrassing:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Pumping huge amounts of water into oil fields to extract more oil.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Unfortunately, this is more than counteracted by the global warming resulting from burning the oil.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Thermal Expansion: <\/strong> Stuff contracts when it cools and expands when it warms.\u00a0 Seawater is the same.\u00a0 Thermal expansion has been responsible for the majority of the sea level rise so far.\u00a0 The oceans&#8217; average depth is 3.7 kilometres, and most of the warming is so far confined to the top fifth, but it&#8217;s slowly spreading.\u00a0 If we held global air temperatures at their current average, the oceans&#8217; thermal expansion would continue for centuries.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Melting Ice:\u00a0 <\/strong>Sea ice melting doesn&#8217;t affect sea levels because it&#8217;s already in the sea.\u00a0 But ice on land getting dribbly does.\u00a0 The world&#8217;s main ice stock is in Antarctica, and there is a considerable amount in the Greenland ice sheet.\u00a0 Currently, around 200 billion tonnes a year of Greenland&#8217;s ice goes all wibbly-wobbly and runs into the ocean.\u00a0 While this only represents 0.07% of all the ice on that not particularly green island, trust me, that&#8217;s still too much, even if ice can continue to be lost at this rate for over 1,000 years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<h2>28 Years Of Satellite Measurements<\/h2>\r\n<p>NASA has measured sea-level rise by satellite since 1993.\u00a0 While the average annual sea level increase since the start of the 20th century has been approximately 1.7 mm, in the past 28 years of satellite measurements it has been just under twice that at 3.3 mm a year. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/climate.nasa.gov\/vital-signs\/sea-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">graph from NASA<\/a> showing the satellite info:<\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46255 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/satellite_sea_level.jpg\" alt=\"NASA satellite measurements - sea-level rise\" width=\"1000\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/satellite_sea_level.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/satellite_sea_level-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/satellite_sea_level-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>While the graph shows sea level increases have been fairly steady over the 28 year measurement period, it is much faster than 100 years ago.\u00a0 In a worst-case scenario where we don&#8217;t slack off on CO2 emission, the average sea-level rise over the 21st century could be up to three times as much.\u00a0 Thankfully, due to the low and falling cost of renewable generation and energy storage, as well as the decreasing cost of electric road transport, the worst-case scenario is now an impossible case scenario.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Unfortunately, we don&#8217;t know how bad things can get even if the world reduces net CO2 emissions to zero by 2050.\u00a0 All we can really be sure of is it will be a lot bloody better than if we don&#8217;t. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s the figure for millimetres of sea-level increase since 1993:<\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mm_sea_level_increase.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mm_sea_level_increase.png 600w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mm_sea_level_increase-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Because it&#8217;s from August and because it&#8217;s so close, we may see 10 cm of sea-level increase before the end of this year.\u00a0 If we don&#8217;t, then it&#8217;s pretty certain we&#8217;ll pass that point before the end of 2022.\u00a0 That will be over 10 cm of sea-level increase in just 29 years.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<h2>Mo&#8217; Ocean Mo&#8217; Problems<\/h2>\r\n<p>I probably don&#8217;t have to tell you why it&#8217;s bad for sea levels to rise.\u00a0 But just in case you are one of those people who think it will be easier to relocate the bulk of the world&#8217;s major cities to higher ground rather than cut emissions, I&#8217;ll point out that you&#8217;re wrong.\u00a0 The real estate value of Manhattan Island alone is supposed to be around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-24\/manhattan-s-land-value-is-an-incredible-1-74-trillion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$2.3 trillion<\/a>.\u00a0 That&#8217;s $180,000 Australian for every US family, which more than enough for the United States to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions with plenty of dosh to spare. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>But even if the entire world slams the brakes on emissions over the next couple of decades, we&#8217;ll still need to go to a lot of effort and expense to make sure the expanding big blue wobbly things that mermaids live in don&#8217;t make a soggy mess of seaside cities through storm surges and more damaging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsunamiheeja.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tsunamis<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Sure, you may think that no matter how high sea levels rise you can always hire some Dutch engineers to protect your cities, but that&#8217;s how you end up clinging to floating wreckage after a particularly destructive storm and find yourself under the rule of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dutch_East_India_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dutch East Everything Company<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot to do. A big part of the solution is continuing to accelerate the deployment of solar power generation. \u00a0Studies from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethinkx.com\/energy\">RethinkX<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0038092X18312714#ab010\">Columbia University<\/a> recommend oversizing solar systems by a factor of three to achieve dispatchable solar kWh at the lowest cost. We need to be embracing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solar_chase\/status\/1317802086252281856\">curtailment of solar as a feature<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; not a bug.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The good news is that savvy Australian homeowners, along with forward-thinking installers, understand this intuitively. Most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/trust.html\">installers we work with<\/a> don&#8217;t just bang out 6.6 kW specials, but have a conversation with the homeowner about sizing. These guys were averaging over 8 kW per system installed in 2020 and rising. That&#8217;s a tiny bit of good news at the end of an otherwise pretty bleak blog post.<\/p>\r\n<p>Happy new year.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_46262\" style=\"width: 963px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46262\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"953\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans11.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans11-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oceans11-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-46262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hello gentlemen. You&#8217;re a little early, but &#8212; unfortunately &#8212; not by much.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not going to prevaricate.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t even waste time using large words I hardly understand.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to come right out and say it.\u00a0 The world&#8217;s oceans have problems &#8212; big problems as in they&#8217;re getting bigger.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":46284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[507],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-and-the-environment","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we&#039;re facing a 10 cm increase in sea-level in just 28 years. Solar will help slow this down.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we&#039;re facing a 10 cm increase in sea-level in just 28 years. Solar will help slow this down.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-04T01:08:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ronald Brakels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BrakelsRonald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ronald Brakels\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0ce1779b3f5cb67cb4f146732af2fc7\"},\"headline\":\"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-04T01:08:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/\"},\"wordCount\":1196,\"commentCount\":21,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Solar and the Environment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/\",\"name\":\"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-04T01:08:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"By dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we're facing a 10 cm increase in sea-level in just 28 years. Solar will help slow this down.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"Sea level rise - climate change\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Solar and the Environment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-and-the-environment\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0ce1779b3f5cb67cb4f146732af2fc7\",\"name\":\"Ronald Brakels\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a252c73a3af84c860d5f55cb59b33133bd5403bb5c1c065d0e8ef95252f3237?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a252c73a3af84c860d5f55cb59b33133bd5403bb5c1c065d0e8ef95252f3237?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a252c73a3af84c860d5f55cb59b33133bd5403bb5c1c065d0e8ef95252f3237?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Ronald Brakels\"},\"description\":\"Joining SolarQuotes in 2015, Ronald has a knack for reading those tediously long documents put out by solar manufacturers and translating their contents into something consumers might find interesting. Master of heavily researched deep-dive blog posts, his relentless consumer advocacy has ruffled more than a few manufacturer's feathers over the years. Read Ronald's full bio.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrakelsRonald\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/ronald\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years","description":"By dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we're facing a 10 cm increase in sea-level in just 28 years. Solar will help slow this down.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years","og_description":"By dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we're facing a 10 cm increase in sea-level in just 28 years. Solar will help slow this down.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2021-01-04T01:08:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ronald Brakels","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BrakelsRonald","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/"},"author":{"name":"Ronald Brakels","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0ce1779b3f5cb67cb4f146732af2fc7"},"headline":"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years","datePublished":"2021-01-04T01:08:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/"},"wordCount":1196,"commentCount":21,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg","articleSection":["Solar and the Environment"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/","name":"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-04T01:08:37+00:00","description":"By dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we're facing a 10 cm increase in sea-level in just 28 years. Solar will help slow this down.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"Sea level rise - climate change"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sea-level-rise-solar\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Solar and the Environment","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-and-the-environment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Satellites Show Sea-Level Rise Of Almost 10 cm In 28 Years"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0ce1779b3f5cb67cb4f146732af2fc7","name":"Ronald Brakels","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a252c73a3af84c860d5f55cb59b33133bd5403bb5c1c065d0e8ef95252f3237?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a252c73a3af84c860d5f55cb59b33133bd5403bb5c1c065d0e8ef95252f3237?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a252c73a3af84c860d5f55cb59b33133bd5403bb5c1c065d0e8ef95252f3237?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Ronald Brakels"},"description":"Joining SolarQuotes in 2015, Ronald has a knack for reading those tediously long documents put out by solar manufacturers and translating their contents into something consumers might find interesting. Master of heavily researched deep-dive blog posts, his relentless consumer advocacy has ruffled more than a few manufacturer's feathers over the years. Read Ronald's full bio.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/BrakelsRonald"],"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/ronald\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-level.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-c1t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7043,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/salt-mist\/","url_meta":{"origin":46219,"position":0},"title":"Solar Panels By The Sea And Corrosion Resistance","author":"Ronald Brakels","date":"August 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside, I do like to be beside the sea... Ever wonder why you never hear a robot singing that song? I'll tell you why. Two words: corrosion! Sorry, that was one word. Two words \u2013 bad corrosion! When they sit on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Panels&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Panels","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-panels-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"beach house with solar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IEC-61701.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IEC-61701.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IEC-61701.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34805,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tuvalu-solar-grant-mb1284\/","url_meta":{"origin":46219,"position":1},"title":"Tuvalu Scores USD $6 Million Grant For Solar Power And Storage\u00a0","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"November 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is giving the tiny island nation of Tuvalu a big chunk of change to install more solar energy and battery systems. Tuvalu is located in the Pacific Ocean about halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its habitable areas consist of four reef islands and five coral\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar energy in Tuvalu","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tuvalu-solar-energy.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tuvalu-solar-energy.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tuvalu-solar-energy.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tuvalu-solar-energy.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tuvalu-solar-energy.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48220,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tesla-solar-roof-apr1\/","url_meta":{"origin":46219,"position":2},"title":"Tesla Finally Launch Solar Tiles In Australia With Insane Bonus For Early Adopters","author":"Ronald Brakels","date":"April 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Note: This post was published on April the first 2021 When Elon Musk launched Tesla Solar Roof Tiles four and a half years ago, there was only one question his Australian fans were desperate to know: When can we get these Tesla solar roofs in Australia? Up until now, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Innovations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Innovations","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-innovations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/solar-tiles-aus.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/solar-tiles-aus.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/solar-tiles-aus.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/solar-tiles-aus.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/solar-tiles-aus.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31899,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/moodys-report-climate-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":46219,"position":3},"title":"Moody&#8217;s Economic Report On Climate Change:  $100 Trillion In Economic Damage By 2100","author":"Ronald Brakels","date":"August 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Attention, fellow capitalists!\u00a0 Our god, the Moody's rating agency, has put out a report on the economic effects of climate change and -- in return for a small fee -- I will tell you all about it.\u00a0 Just put $50 in an envelope and mail it to me and then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar and the Environment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar and the Environment","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-and-the-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Moody's Economic Report On Climate Change","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3601,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-innovation-part-two-solar-power-satellites\/","url_meta":{"origin":46219,"position":4},"title":"Solar power innovation (part two): solar power satellites","author":"Staff Writer","date":"April 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week we took the quantum leap into the inestimably small applications of solar power innovation by bringing you up to date on quantum dots and solar windows. The article was a solar squizz at how the latest developments in nano technology have brought the concept of windows as solar\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Solar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Solar","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/utility-scale-solar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32738,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1174\/","url_meta":{"origin":46219,"position":5},"title":"More Australian Councils Make Climate Emergency Declarations","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Three more Australian councils have declared climate emergencies in the past week - Lismore, Wollongong and Launceston. Meanwhile, the Australian Government is reportedly playing silly buggers at an important climate summit. Wollongong City Council At a Wollongong City Council meeting on Monday, Councillor Ann Martin put forward a motion that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Climate Change emergency declarations","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change-councils.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change-councils.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change-councils.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change-councils.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change-councils.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46219"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46293,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46219\/revisions\/46293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}