It might not come as a surprise to many people, but future projections of sea level change are dependent on a large number of regional factors other than the amount of water in the ocean or its temperature.  In an insightful article in Yale Environment 360, Michael Lemonick explores the other factors which will contribute to regional shifts.  Ocean currents, sinking land masses and the gravitational pull of ice caps all feature heavily.  What's the conclusion.....don't buy a house in South Carolina and forget your holiday in Hawaii.  Read the full article here

Read about our experienes of coastal erosion in Gambia here.