Sentences with phrase «rising global sea levels»

If current trends in global warming continue unmitigated, some of the world's most well - known and historically significant cultural landmarks — including the Statue of Liberty in New York City, the Tower of London in the United Kingdom, and the archaeological sites of Pompeii in Italy — could be destroyed by rising global sea levels over the next 2,000 years, according to new research.

Holland's Greenland mission has determined that warm water under icebergs and most likely under glaciers is at the root of rising global sea levels (as opposed to warm air).

As if that's not bad enough, rising global sea levels lead to storm surges that are higher and that move farther inland than before.

Working out what is going on in, around and underneath a supposedly frigid ice sheet is crucial to understanding how it will respond to further warming and the implications of its demise for rising global sea levels (see article).

Smaller glaciers and ice caps strewn around the planet from the Alps to New Zealand to the Caucasus account for about 40 percent of the entire sea level rise that scientists observe today, said Valentina Radic of the University of British Columbia in Canada, leader of a new study that examined the startlingly major role these relatively tiny ice chunks will play in rising global sea levels.

If current trends in global warming continue unmitigated, some of the world's most well - known and historically significant cultural landmarks could be destroyed by rising global sea levels, according to a new study.

This visual by the World Bank sets the scene by breaking down the global effects of climate change if humans fail to take action: rising global sea levels, declining drinking water, and increasing global temperatures.