R Campbell's List: sea level rise

• The IPCC puts predictions of 21st century sea level rise at 9 to 88 cm.

  • Feb 14
• The IPCC puts predictions of 21st century sea level rise at 9 to 88 cm.
• A global average sea level rise of 9-88 cm (3.5-34.6 inches) is expected over the next hundred years,

  • Feb 14

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• Two main factors contributed to observed sea level rise.^[6]  The first is thermal  expansion: as ocean water warms, it expands.^[7]  The second is from the contribution of land-based ice due to increased melting.  The major store of water on land is found in glaciers and ice sheets.
• Sea level rise is expected to continue for centuries
• On the timescale of centuries to millennia, the melting of ice sheets could result in even higher sea level  rise.

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