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Sea-level rise accelerating, say scientists

2015-05-11 20:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Sea-level rise is accelerating, not declining as some have hoped, scientists said on Monday citing meltwater from Earth's ice sheets as the likely cause. In 2013, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the global mean sea level rose by 19 centimetres (7.6 inches) from 1901-2010, an average 1.7 mm (0.06 of an inch) per year. This accelerated to 3.2 mm per year between 1993 and 2010, the IPCC said in its landmark Fifth Assessment Report. But in 2014, another study raised...

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