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Global sea levels have risen 6 meters or more with just slight global warming


July 9, 2015

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A new review analyzing three decades of research on the historic effects of melting polar ice sheets found that global sea levels have risen at least 6 meters, or about 20 feet, above present levels on multiple occasions over the past 3 million years. What is of particular concern is that this amount of melting was caused by an increase of only 1-2 degrees (Celsius) in global mean temperatures.Full Story

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