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Sea level Rise An unavoidable effect of global warming

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Sea level Rise. An unavoidable effect of global warming. Sea level change. Volume of ocean basins Mass of water Volume of water. Effects from glaciation:. Sea level down absolute by about 120 m Land depressed because of ice loading. Deglaciation:. Sea level rise - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Sea level Rise

An unavoidable effect of global warming

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Sea level change

Volume of ocean basins

Mass of water

Volume of water

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Effects from glaciation:

Sea level down absolute by about 120 m

Land depressed because of ice loading

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Deglaciation:

Sea level rise

Land rebound from ice unloading

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Since early 1900’s?

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Example from Holland - flood disaster of 1953

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