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Sea level rise from ocean warming underestimated, scientists say
2016-01-26 03:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence-France Presse: The amount of sea level rise that comes from the oceans warming and expanding has been underestimated, and could be about twice as much as previously calculated, German researchers have said. The findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal, suggest that increasingly severe storm surges could be anticipated as a result. Sea level can mount due to two factors melting ice and the thermal expansion of water as it warms. Until now, researchers...
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