Sea levels rising at fastest rate in 2,800 years due to global warming, studies show
by Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#14TSG)
Higher temperatures as a result of industrialisation blamed for the acceleration, as scientists warn of potential for 131cm rise by year 2100
Sea levels are rising several times faster than they have in the past 2,800 years, with the process accelerating because of manmade global warming, according to new studies.
An international team of scientists examined two dozen locations across the globe to chart rising and falling seas over centuries and millennia.
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