Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog and another semester of discovery!
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| Presenting my Proposal |
My name is Augustus and I am a student here at Daytona State, Just to give a little refresher on what my project is and is about, Dr. Woodall and myself are deploying data loggers out on the coast of Volusia County to measure changes in sea level. Sea level rise is a very big deal for Florida's coast, more so than other coastal states, because effectively with the foundation Florida is on, the state is sinking while the sea level keeps rising! Of course sea level rise can be contributed to melting glaciers but, we can also see natural increases due to thermal expansion and a very important factor, barometric pressure. Barometric pressure is effectively the weight of air molecules on an area, this can raise or lower the sea level depending on how high or low it is.
We have had some troubles over the summer with technical malfunctions and unforeseen dock renovations but I think we are finally ready to begin and really start collecting some interesting data. The two points we have decided to deploy have been changed to the New Smyrna Marina and the Canaveral National Seashore, this will give us two different areas with a wide array of data for Volusia county.
I am beyond excited to really get going and provide you guys and maybe even the state with some really interesting and eye opening information about our local coast. Feel free to ask any questions that come to mind about the research or anything of that nature, I intend to update the blog weekly with some information and I will answer any questions in those updates!
Will the data loggers you're deploying on the coast only measure the changes in sea level or can it pinpoint the causes and help to contribute towards a solution the the specific problems. Alexei R, 101W)
ReplyDeleteFay C. sec. 101 How will you take sea level measurements and how often? Seems like a lot of work to have to go out everyday to take water level measurements.
ReplyDeleteJ Ogadah from section 101. I have some questions... How would rising sea levels affect human life in Florida? How would it affect animal life?
ReplyDeleteIs there concrete evidence that Florida is sinking and the sea level is rising, or is it mostly a hypothesis at this point? Does global warming cause this?
Could rising sea levels have any effect on weather?