New U.N. climate report: Massive change already here for world's oceans and frozen regions

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7. I live on a barrier island off of Texas

Our island is about 9' above sea level. Believe me, we are on the lookout for rising sea levels. About the only sign of it thus far, however, is an increased number of "coastal alerts" which generally means that tides are maybe a foot higher than normal. Is this a sign of climate change? Maybe. Probably. But anytime there is a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico, we get increased coastal alerts.

If our local government is really concerned about rising sea levels, they show no sign of it. They also say merely that they are on the lookout. But construction goes on unabated on our little sand bar. There is still talk about building a new bridge across the laguna to connect us to the mainland at a second point. While I would love to have a second way off of this island, I wonder why the state of Texas would invest hundreds of millions of dollars into new infrastructure if the island is going to slip beneath the waves? The new bridge is currently on hold, for reasons not well explained by the state.