News tagged with level rise
Sea level rise could be worse than anticipated
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 05, 2009 |
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If global warming some day causes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to collapse, as many experts believe it could, the resulting sea level rise in much of the United States and other parts of the world would be ...
Arctic heats up more than other places
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Temperature change in the Arctic is happening at a greater rate than other places in the Northern Hemisphere, and this is expected to continue in the future.
King tides -- a glimpse of future sea level rise
Jan 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomorrow, beach-goers will get a glimpse of what our coastlines may look like in 50 years, when New South Wales and South East Queensland experience the highest daytime ‘king tides’ forecast ...
Measuring water from space
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from satellites now allow scientists to monitor changes to water levels in the sea, in rivers and lakes, in ice sheets and even under the ground. As the climate changes, this information will ...
When it Comes to Sea Level Changing Glaciers, New NASA Technique Measures Up
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA-led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska, a region expected to be a ...
Researchers Study Coastal Hazards of Increasing Wave Heights, Rising Sea Levels
Oct 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While hurricanes Gustav and Ike were pummeling the Gulf Coast with rains and record flooding, researchers at Oregon State University were studying why wave heights in the Pacific Ocean have been increasing ...
New studies find global warming will have significant economic impacts on Florida coasts
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Leading Florida-based scientific researchers released two new studies today, including a Florida State University report finding that climate change will cause significant impacts on Florida's coastlines and economy due to ...
Global sea-rise levels by 2100 my be lower than some predict, says new study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20 feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a new University of Colorado at Boulder study concludes that ...
Ice Age lesson predicts a faster rise in sea level
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2008 |
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If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated.
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