Sea-level Rise in the Indian Ocean Differs by Region and Low-lying Pacific Reef Islands can Grow or Shrink in Size Depending on Conditions - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) December 2010

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationScience Division
dc.coverage.spatialAsia
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-17T11:35:54Z
dc.date.available2022-10-17T11:35:54Z
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.descriptionOver the past few decades, sea levels worldwide have risen because of three primary phenomena related to climate change: the expansion of warming oceans, the input of fresh water from melting ice sheets and the loss of ice mass from Greenland and Antarctica (see the Near Real-Time Environmental Event Alert on page 7) (Climate Institute 2010). Rising seas threaten millions of people who live in densely populated coastal areas and low-lying islands, so it is critical for risk management purposes to estimate and prepare for the impacts of future sea-level rise and to be aware of regional differences.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40851
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofUNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectIndian Ocean
dc.subjectrising sea level
dc.subjectsea level rise
dc.subjectAsia and the Pacific
dc.titleSea-level Rise in the Indian Ocean Differs by Region and Low-lying Pacific Reef Islands can Grow or Shrink in Size Depending on Conditions - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) December 2010en
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