Global sea levels have risen six meters or more with just slight global warming
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 9 July, 2015
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A new review analyzing three decades of research on the historic effects of melting polar ice sheets found that global sea levels have risen at least six meters, or about 20 feet, above present levels on multiple occasions over the past three million years. What is most concerning is that amount of melting was caused by an increase of only 1-2 degrees (Celsius) in global mean temperatures....