This assumes that population growth continues its pace, that people keep flushing toilets and filling pools, and that California rainfall doesn't rise much above its average of 24 inchesperyear.
Although Greenland has recently been experiencing a slight warming trend, satellite measurements show that the ice cap has been accumulating snow growth at a rate of about 2.1 inchesperyear.
Such an increase amounts to 0.16 inchesperyear, but the eventual impact could mean that a small storm could "do the same damage that Sandy did, " said Peter Howd, co-author of a 2012 U.S. Geological Survey report that found the rate of sea level rise had increased in the northeast.