Tulane Study: Sea Level Rise Along Gulf And Atlantic Coasts At 0.5"/Year Since 2010

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2. The Gulf Stream is "relaxing"

aka slowing down. It seems the northern end of the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is not subsiding as much, so the water is piling up off the East Coast and the Gulf. There is momentum in this conveyor belt: water is still moving up from the south, and draining less in the north. We're talking about flows equal to 100 Amazons. From Delaware Bay to Texas.

Factors:
land subsidence, largely caused by extracting water and oil
replenishing silt being trapped upstream
expansion of warming water
ice melt: more water and isostatic rebound

Mostly human effects.

A few other references:
https://www.livescience.com/gulf-stream-slowing-climate-change.html
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-is-the-gulf-stream-slowing-down-and-what-does-it-mean-for-the-future-of-the-uks-climate/