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Mean sea level (MSL) is the average (mean) height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level', however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult.

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Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (26) | 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...

California's Ancient Kelp Forest

Biology / Ecology

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush ...

West Antarctic ice sheet may not be losing ice as fast as once thought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 19, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (10) | 4

New ground measurements made by the West Antarctic GPS Network (WAGN) project, composed of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, The Ohio State University, and The University of Memphis, suggest ...

Hydrocarbons in the deep Earth?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 26, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (42) | 27

The oil and gas that fuels our homes and cars started out as living organisms that died, were compressed, and heated under heavy layers of sediments in the Earth's crust. Scientists have debated for years ...

Catastrophic sea levels 'distinct possibility' this century: study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 15, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (90) | 25

A breakthrough study of fluctuations in sea levels the last time Earth was between ice ages, as it is now, shows that oceans rose some three meters in only decades due to collapsing ice sheets.

Sea Level Rise Due to Global Warming Poses Threat to New York City

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 13, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (138) | 34

(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming is expected to cause the sea level along the northeastern U.S. coast to rise almost twice as fast as global sea levels during this century, putting New York City at greater ...

Global sea-rise levels by 2100 my be lower than some predict, says new study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 04, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (54) | 28

(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 ...

Study: Earth's polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 16, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (45) | 40

A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth's sea level, carried out by scientists at Princeton and Harvard universities and published in the Dec. 16 issue of Nature, employs a novel statistical approa ...

Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the minutes after a strong earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian city of Padang on Sept. 30, fears of a tsunami prompted hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the coastal ...

A novel, 10,000-year study of strata compaction and sea-level rise on English coast

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 10, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

Environmental scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and Durham University have employed a novel combination of geological and model reconstructions of wetland environments during a 10,000-year period ...

The shore of Deception Island in Antarctica, in 2008

Antarctic ice loss vaster, faster than thought: study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 22, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (52) | 45

The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.

More than 18 million cubic metres of sand are set to be poured onto the new coastal band of dunes until 2011

Dutch build more dunes against rising seas

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 20, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 0

On the beach at Monster, bulldozers painstakingly turn sand dredged from the bottom of the North Sea bed into dunes in an ambitious effort to safeguard the Netherlands from flooding.

El Nino Picking Up Steam

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image from the U.S./French Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Nino.

Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 12, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (32) | 25

Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a new study in Science.

NASA Mission to Study the Moon's Fragile Atmosphere

LADEE Mission to Study the Moon's Fragile Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 26, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Right now, the Moon is a ghost town. Nothing stirs. Here and there, an abandoned Apollo rover — or the dusty base of a lunar lander — linger as silent testimony to past human activity. But these days, only ...