AlbanyParts of the eastern Pacific sit 40 centimetres above normal sea level.
Coastal flooding and erosion could hit shores from Alaska to Chile, researcher Daniel Swain warns.
Wind bursts push warm water east as Kelvin waves, which take about 60 days to cross the Pacific.
Oxford researcher Thomas Monahan calculates Peru and Ecuador could see rises of 19 to 33 centimetres, peaking late November or December.
California’s highest tides are expected in Thanksgiving week and Christmas week, Monahan said.
How each outlet framed it
- New Scientist
- quantifies the eastern Pacific sea-level anomaly at 40 cm and ties it to a coming westerly wind event that will push levels higher
Sources: New Scientist