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Read the full story by Kimberly Miller at: http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/weather/study-humans-causing-fastest-rate-of-sea-level-ris/nqXMq/

In October, the Southeast Florida Regional Compact on Climate Change issued an updated report on sea-level rise estimates through the year 2100.

While South Florida measurements have been similar to global sea-level rise in the past, it is “anticipated to outpace the global average due to ongoing variations in the Florida Currents and Gulf Stream,” the report notes.

Between 2015 and 2060, South Florida seas could swell between 11 and 22 inches, based on estimates from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

By 2100, they could rise from 28 inches to 57 inches – between 2.3 feet and 4.7 feet.