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Sea-Level Rise Drives Wastewater Leakage to Coastal Waters

A new study, published by University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa earth scientists, is the first to provide direct evidence that tidally-driven groundwater inundation of…

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New study warns that sea levels will rise faster than expected

A new study has found that sea levels are rising faster than expected, which would put 40% of the world’s population living in coastal regions…

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Beaches can Survive Sea-Level Rises if They Have Space to Move

 

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Greenland’s ice melting faster than at any time in past 12,000 years

 

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Greenland ice sheet lost a record 1m tonnes of ice per minute in 2019

The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows….

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Climate change: Dams played key role in limiting sea level rise

The construction of large-scale dams has played a surprising role in limiting rising seas, say scientists. Over the past century, melting glaciers and the thermal…

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Researchers identify human influence as key agent of ocean warming patterns in the future

Scientists from the Department of Physics at Oxford University have discovered that the influence of circulation changes on shaping ocean warming will diminish in the…

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Sea levels could rise more than a metre by 2100, experts say

Sea-level rise is faster than previously believed and could exceed 1 metre by the end of the century unless global emissions are reduced, according to…

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