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Rising ocean levels
Rising temperatures are causing glaciers and ice sheets to melt, adding more water to the oceans.
Oceans absorb 90% of the extra heat from global warming: warmer water expands, and so our oceans
are taking up more space. Both processes are causing the ocean level to rise (figure).
Figure. Global mean sea level rise measured relative to the 1993-2008 average sea level.
Source: NOAA, https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/climate-
change?facet=none&Metric=Sea+level+rise&Long-run+series%3F=false&country=~OWID_WRL
Why Melting Glaciers Matter to the Coasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDZWWcAfn-
c&list=PLr8uf42JALwcbQVGKFTCGFQ9se9komUm7&index=1
How Warming Leads to Sea Level Rise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8db-
KFj6k0&list=PLr8uf42JALwcbQVGKFTCGFQ9se9komUm7&index=2
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