Projections of future sea level becoming more dire
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Title:
Projections of future sea level becoming more dire
Series Title:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Volume 106 Number 51
Creator:
Overpeck, Jonathan T.
Weiss, Jeremy L.
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences
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Language:
English

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Subjects / Keywords:
Climate change ( lcsh )
Sea level rise ( lcsh )
Ice sheets ( lcsh )

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Scope and Content:
Few of the possible impacts of future climate change have captured more public attention than sea-level rise. Globally, sea-level rise has accelerated since the 19th century, driven primarily by the expansion of warmer oceans and melting glaciers, along with a modest transfer of water into the ocean from the Earth’s polar ice sheets. The observed rate of sealevel rise has not been uniform around the globe because of regional factors, but there is no doubt that the average sea-level trend is upwards (1). Implications for the rates and magnitudes of future sea-level rise are less clear, and a new study in this issue of PNAS (2) provides useful insight into how sea level will change through this century and beyond. ( English )

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Florida International University
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Resource Identifier:
10.1073/pnas.0912878107 ( doi )

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