한반도 해수면 상승 속도 20년 새 80% 빨라져…서해안이 가장 빨라

Translation

Over the last ten years (2015-2024), the sea level around the Korean Peninsula rose by 4.72 mm a year. Compared with the rate of 2.62 mm a year over the 20 years from 1990, it has become 80% faster in 20 years. On the west coast, the sea level rose 6.87 mm a year over the last ten years, the highest of all the waters around the peninsula, and near Mokpo it rose 7.95 mm a year, the fastest of any city. The south coast followed with 4.03 mm a year, then the east coast with 2.94 mm. The west coast is rising quickly because its shallow water makes it the most vulnerable to thermal expansion. According to the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (국립해양조사원), if the current trend in carbon emissions continues, the sea level will rise by a further 83.3 cm near Jeju, 80.8 cm in Busan and 78.5 cm in Incheon.