Title: Sea-level rise « World Ocean Review
Headings: 
Sea-level rise – an unavoidable threat
Loss of habitats and cultural treasures

Content: How will climate change affect their appearance? Researchers around the world are seeking answers to the question of how rapidly, and to what extent, sea level will rise as a consequence of climate change. In doing so, they must take account of the fact that sea level is affected not only by the human-induced greenhouse effect but also by natural processes. Experts make a distinction between: eustatic causes: this refers to
climate-related
climate-related
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global changes due to water mass being added to the oceans. The sea-level rise following the melting of large glaciers at the end of ice ages is an example of eustatic sea-level rise; isostatic (generally tectonic) causes: these mainly have regional effects.