The nesting grounds for pelicans, gulls and other water foul, they rise less than 30 centimeters above sea level.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

"The key finding of this meeting is that we have up to one-meter sea-level rise by 2100, based on our new insight of glaciers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Many of the islands that make up the Maldives rise little more than one meter above sea level, and could disappear under the sea if global temperatures continue to rise.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"We already know that New Orleans is in the same way, but also areas like Bangladesh or smaller areas of islands that will be flooded within that one-meter sea level rise."

VOA: standard.2009.03.12