However, the peak volcanism trailed behind the highest rates of sea level change by around 4, 000 years.
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Melott says that although the Northern hemisphere would have been left untouched by the first pulse of the extinction, he notes that, later, glaciation and sea level change would have had an impact everywhere.
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Problems arise from conflicts between different uses of coastal land and waters, overexploitation of coastal resources, discharge of wastes and effluents into coastal waters, increasing stress by sea level change and growth of coastal population.
"For the first time we have some hard data from these glaciers which we have suspected, but didn't know for sure, are major contributors to the sea level change caused by glacier melt, " Professor Meier said after the Fairbanks study was published.
"Every few extra inches of sea level have very significant economic impacts, because they change the sea level, increase flooding and storm damage, " said, Zwally, ICESat Project Scientist.
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If spending on defences remains limited, and the scenarios for sea-level rise through climate change prove correct, conservation of the marshes may acquire more urgency.
To them, such a fate might have been more dramatic and plausible than the change in sea level that would have accompanied the melting and gradual retreat glacial icesheets.
It also threatens populations, who can no longer live close to the coastline, and the worry is it is expected to increase due to climate change and sea level rise.
"Since the middle of December 2012, commissioners have sensed a real sea change in the level of confidence at both member and officer level that the council can move beyond recovery to deliver the commitment it has made to transform itself into a 'new Anglesey', " he said.
Nothing would be better for public schools than a policy sea-change at the federal level.
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Caribbean faces unique challenges in coping with the climate change, sea-level rise, natural disasters, alleviation of poverty and sustainable development.
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To be sure, not everyone agrees that climate change will make sea-level rise more pronounced.
The threat is more evident in heavily populated low-lying areas, and the risk multiplies with prospects of climate change and associated sea-level rise.
This warming is causing glaciers and ice shelves to melt, releasing large volumes of fresh water into the oceans which not only raises sea level, but also influences regional climate change.
Excess carbon dioxide is accelerating global warming, sea level rise, ocean acidification and overall climate change.
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They cite the example of the Philippines, where policymakers are wringing their hands about a possible gradual climate-change-mediated rise in sea level from 1 to 3 millimeters per year while ignoring the primary cause of enhanced flood risk.
But sea level rise, largely the result of manmade climate change, may have effects that go far beyond catastrophic flooding: a new paper shows how higher water may lead to increased volcanic activity.
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If climate change continues unabated, the resulting sea level rises will force cities and states all along the coasts to divert parts of their already strained budgets into billions of dollars worth of infrastructure improvements to prevent flooding.
Earlier this month, the City of Boston recently released a report showing potential flood regions in the city that have expanded as a result of sea level rise over the next few decades due to climate change.
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) computer models project approximately 15 inches of sea level rise during the 21st century.
But in the meantime the process continues, and climate change may ultimately put restoration hopes out of reach by accelerating sea level rise.
Geologic history shows that over a LONG time period that sea level changes by about 65 feet (20 m) for each degree C of change in the ocean.
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By feeding into his model both some recent science on the increased risks of dramatic climate change, and the possibility of such catastrophes as a rise in sea level big enough to flood London and New York, he calculates that the range of possible outcomes lies somewhere between 5% and 20% of global output over the next century or two.
People don't easily understand how a small sea level rise can result in bigger storm surges and coastal damage, or how slight changes in ocean temperatures can change global rainfall patterns, leading to droughts and floods with catastrophic economic and societal consequences.
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