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Title: Over the past 50 years the average rate of sea level rise has been 1.8 mm per year. Explain the two ... Post by: Abisf on Jan 22, 2018 Over the past 50 years the average rate of sea level rise has been 1.8 mm per year. Explain the two primary factors responsible for this rise in sea level.
What will be an ideal response? Title: Over the past 50 years the average rate of sea level rise has been 1.8 mm per year. Explain the two ... Post by: jvidaurri on Jan 22, 2018 The expansion of water (in this case ocean water) as it warms is an important factor, since surface ocean waters have warmed during the past 50 years. Also, the warming of the atmosphere has led to the melting of continental ice sheets and alpine glaciers, the water from which would run off into rivers that feed into oceans, increasing the amount of water in ocean basins and causing the sea level to rise.
Title: Over the past 50 years the average rate of sea level rise has been 1.8 mm per year. Explain the two ... Post by: Abisf on Jan 22, 2018 Much better than Coursehero
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