Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Japanese scientists say they have solved riddle of rising sea

Agence France-Presse: Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday. Global sea levels rose by an average of 1.8 millimeters (0.07 inches) per year from 1961-2003, according to data from tide gauges. But the big question is how much of this can be pinned to global warming. In its landmark 2007 report, the U.N.'s Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ascribed 1.1mm (0.04 inches) per year to thermal expansion...

URL: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/life/environment/2012/05/22/341793/Japanese-scientists.htm

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