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Nagging sea level-rise mismatch solved – Ars Technica
Improvements closed gap between estimated causes and measure change.
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Sea level rise is an unambiguous consequence of climate change. Warmer water expands, while melted land ice flows into the sea. But what fun would it be if the natural world didnt make things a little more complicated? A number of processes can cause the trends experienced on different coasts to vary, from ocean circulation to rising or falling land elevation. Although we’ve wanted to quantify each contributor to sea level rise, it should…
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