National Geographic published this article, Sea Level Rise: Ocean Levels Are Getting Higher-Can We Do Anything About It?

  This photograph from the article,  shows Venice, Italy, during a big flood in 2008.

According to this article, the sea level has already risen in the past century 4 to 8 inches, and the rate of rise is expected to increase substantially, due to climate change.  Since the early 1990s it has risen an average of 0.14 inches per year, ( which is about 1/6 of an inch per year).  This suggest that it has risen perhaps 4 inches in the 25 years, and maybe the rate of increase has already picked up.

What are the implications for us who live on Galveston Island, an average of 7 feet above sea level?   Eventual inundation.  Of course, it is a gradual process, marked by higher tides here and there, according to the sun, moon, and storms.  In the meantime, we can enjoy our beach, homes, and city, as the people do in flooded Venice, above.

In answer to the question, can we do anything about it?  Of course we can.  We can use our resources, including all energy and brain resources to transitions off of fossil fuels.  We should already have been transitioning away from them.