Sentences with phrase «human contribution to sea level rise»
The analysis assumes that the climate - driven human contribution to sea level rise is spread evenly across global oceans, discounting localized effects.
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Human contribution so far to sea level rise does not seem particularly significant, given the early 20th century rate of sea level rise is about the same as the current rate.
However, for the recent period 1993 to 2003, the small discrepancy between observed sea level rise and the sum of known contributions might be due to unquantified human - induced processes (e.g., groundwater extraction, impoundment in reservoirs, wetland drainage and deforestation).
Looking at these glacial flows individual contributions to overall mean sea level rise (MSLR) and talking in terms of decades to centuries for their collapse makes the problem seem very far off in human terms.
Two articles recently published in the peer reviewed literature discuss the contribution of waves to coastal sea level rise and the roles of human and natural influences in Canada's warming climate.
The fallout from nuclear waste is one; humans» contribution to global warming through greenhouse - gas emissions from burning fossil fuels, and its impact on rising sea levels, is another.