Global sea levels have risen six meters or more with just slight global warming

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From	Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com>
Subject	Global sea levels have risen six meters or more with just slight global warming
Date	2015-07-09 21:29 -0500
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Global sea levels have risen six meters or more with just slight global 
warming
> http://phys.org/news/2015-07-global-sea-risen-meters-slight.html

> 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, scientists say, is that amount of melting
> was caused by an increase of only 1-2 degrees (Celsius) in global
> mean temperatures.

> Results of the study are being published this week in the journal
> Science.


   Moral of the story either don't build by the seashore, or don't
   increase the concentrations of greenhouse gasses over short periods
   of time (centuries).



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Global sea levels have risen six meters or more with just slight global warming Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-09 21:29 -0500
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