Well for 35000 years the sea has gone up 3/4" per year and it will for the next few thousand I am sure! Remember Jimmy Peanut Carter, he went to the UN in the 70's saying "The Maldives would be under water by 1990 unless we did something"! Well???? As the Dutch to help! They figured it out a long time ago! The earth will do what the earth will do and throwing money at it will just add to corruption by officials looking for control and hand outs! All BS! BTW in the last 100 years it has gone up 3/4"!