Erosion of coastal landfills is a hidden impact of sea level rise. Some researchers say it’s worse than flooding.
Tag: sea level
Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Human activity drives salt intrusion in delta more than climate change.
Saltwater intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta is driven more by anthropogenic activity than climate change.
Sea Level Rise: 3 mm every year is not a drop in the ocean
Sea level rises each year by a few millimetres. That’s less than the thickness of a line drawn by a marker pen. How do ocean scientists know this, and why are they worried about it?
Sea Level in Twenty Years
As well as the quality of altimeter data, the global sea level has also increased dramatically in twenty years – by some 6 cm!
Tweets, sea level and plain language
I’m encouraged to find scientists eager for their work to reach the community outside academia.