Sentences with phrase «anticipated global sea level»

The island nation's future is under threat from anticipated global sea level rise, with many of its islands already suffering from coastal erosion.

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While the disintegrating Columbia Glacier in Alaska is adding to ocean levels this century, the total global sea rise by 2100 may be lower than some are anticipating, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.

But anticipated sea - level rise from global warming is causing them to take a dramatically different approach: Let the water go where it wants.

With sea levels predicted to rise almost 70 m if all the ice sheets were to melt, the scientists are hoping to take advantage of the data gleaned from these GPS stations to gain a better understanding of the sheet changes and anticipate the likely effects precipitated by further global climate change.