Re: Runaway Global Warming - Has Arrived pt 16
Posted: Wed 10 Mar 2021, 20:16:07
Sea level rises far greater for coastal communities, scientists find
Study is first to analyse global sea-level rise combined with measurements of sinking land
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Study is first to analyse global sea-level rise combined with measurements of sinking land
Coastal populations are experiencing relative sea-level rise “up to four times faster than the global average”, which threatens many megacities located on deltas, according to research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The research is the first to analyse global sea-level rise combined with measurements of sinking land. The impact of subsidence combined with sea-level rise caused by climate change “has until now been considered a local issue rather than a global one”, it concludes.
The study published on Monday in Nature Climate Change found coastal inhabitants are living with an average sea level rise of 7.8mm to 9.9mm per year over the past 20 years, compared with a global average rise of 2.6mm a year.
The impacts are far larger than the global indications previously reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN body whose research is undertaken by leading climate scientists.
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