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    glaciers accounted for 44% of sea level rise, with another 42% resulting from thermal expansion of water.: 1576  Sea level rise lags behind changes in the...
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    built in response to a more-normalized sea level with limited expected change, populations affected by sea level rise will need to invest in climate adaptation...
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    The early Holocene sea level rise (EHSLR) was a significant jump in sea level by about 60 m (197 ft) during the early Holocene, between about 12,000 and...
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    leading to a 110 m sea level rise. Sea levels have been comparatively stable over the past 6,500 years, ending with a 0.50 m sea level rise over the past 1...
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    by sea level rise. By 2050, 80% of the country could become uninhabitable due to global warming. According to the World Bank, with "future sea levels projected...
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    add around 11 cm (5 in) to the global sea level rise. Further, the way WAIS is located deep below the sea level leaves it vulnerable to marine ice sheet...
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    30 cm (12 in) rise in sea level could affect about 6.6% of the total land cover area in the Nile Delta region. At 1 m (3 ft 3 in) sea level rise, an estimated...
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    Seawall (redirect from Sea wall)
    sea level rise of 1.6–1.8 mm/yr over the twentieth century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (1997) suggested that sea level rise...
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    in sea level in the west and a rise in the east. Pacific islands within about 10° of the equator are most strongly affected by ENSO‑related sea-level variations...
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  • Sea level rise in New Zealand poses a significant threat to many communities, including New Zealand's larger population centres, and has major implications...
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    Asia's distinctive mangrove ecosystems are also highly vulnerable to sea level rise.: 1459  Asia also has more countries with large coastal populations...
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  • Sea level drop refers to the phenomenon in which the shrinking weights of melting glaciers cause the surrounding land to rise and the relative sea level...
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    accelerate and then continue after surface temperatures stabilize. Sea level rise is a particular long term concern as a result. The effects of ocean...
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    (3 ft 3 in) to global sea levels over another 1,000 years. The far-stabler East Antarctic ice sheet may only cause a sea-level rise of 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) –...
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    droughts are increasing. Climate change's impacts on tropical cyclones and sea level rise also affect regions of the country. Cumulatively since 1850, the U.S...
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    sea level rise between 1992 and 2017, and has been losing ice in the 2010s at a rate equivalent to 0.4 millimetres (0.016 inches) of annual sea level...
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    from soil erosion, other environmental processes such as siltation and sea level rise have also contributed to changing the bay's coastline. In some parts...
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    small island countries are affecting people in coastal areas through sea level rise, increasing heavy rain events, tropical cyclones and storm surges.: 2045 ...
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    for centuries. These include ocean heating, ocean acidification and sea level rise. Climate change threatens people with increased flooding, extreme heat...
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    (4+1⁄2 ft) of sea level rise, and more ice will be lost if the temperatures exceed that level before declining. If global temperatures continue to rise, the ice...
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    Coast (redirect from Sea coast)
    tourism. Marine coastal ecosystems can also provide protection against sea level rise and tsunamis. In many countries, mangroves are the primary source of...
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    catastrophic, rise in sea level of the Black Sea. In 1997, William Ryan, Walter Pitman, Petko Dimitrov, and their colleagues first published the Black Sea deluge...
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    Meltwater pulse 1B (category Sea level)
    oceanographers for a period of either rapid or just accelerated post-glacial sea level rise that some hypothesize to have occurred between 11,500 and 11,200 calendar...
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    to sea level rise caused by climate change. Florida coastline species are at particular risk to climate change because of not just sea level rise, but...
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    main environmental changes expected to affect the Caribbean are a rise in sea level, stronger hurricanes, longer dry seasons and shorter wet seasons....
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    rising temperatures and sea levels. Coastal ecosystems also appear to be threatened by sea level rise, especially enclosed seas such as the Baltic, the...
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  • climate change is expected to extend the mangrove range further north, sea level rise, extreme weather and other changes related to climate change may endanger...
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    Moreover, the amount of sea-level rise differs per region. Some regions will be subject to a higher rate of sea-level rise than other regions and nearby...
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    ultimately contribute 65 cm (25+1⁄2 in) to global sea level rise, which is more than twice the total sea level rise to date. Some researchers have proposed engineering...
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    population density, levels of poverty, and dependence on agriculture. The impacts and potential threats include sea level rise, temperature rise, food crisis...
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