Sea levels are increasing due to which coastlines along the United States are also moving up. Experts shared that this is not at all a good sign, as could pose a threat to NASA’s launch sites and its facilities. There are chances that the facilities like the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and other NASA launch sites may submerge in water.

Cynthia Rosenzweig, a climatologist at NASA, was of the view that every NASA facility has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, one facility could be at more risk than the other. But the facilities that are present nearby to the coast are at an increased risk.

In the last two decades, the rate of sea level rise has doubled. Also, it is considered to be the fastest increase in 2,000 years. Since 1870, sources that have been added to global mean sea level are warmer oceans, melting polar ice and porous landmasses.

Facilities that are situated near seas include Kennedy Space Center, which is just a few hundred feet away from the Atlantic Oceans then there is the Wallops Flight Facility having launch pads and buildings and is also situated almost at the same distance to the Atlantic.

In Virginia, the Langley Research Center is located at the Back River in Hampton and the Ames Research Center is present along the south end of the San Francisco Bay. As per NASA, conservative climate has predicted that the sea level can climb five to eight inches in 2050.