Title: Sea level rise: causes and consequences
Headings: Sea level rise: causes and consequences
Sea level rise: causes and consequences
Sea level rise: main causes
Sea level rise: main consequences

Content: Sea level is rising faster than 50 years ago and is likely to worsen in the future." What does this mean? By the end of this century the water could have invaded almost a meter on the mainland (up to 0.9 meters is the United Nations forecast). Sea level rise: main causes
To find the source of this threat it is necessary to focus on global warming caused by climate change, which causes sea level rise in three different ways: The first is the thermal expansion: water, when heated by temperature rise, tends to expand, ie, oceans take up more space. In addition, the melting of the iced territories of Greenland and West Antarctica accelerates global warming. This process is negatively influenced by freshwater seepage from the surface, which acts as a lubricant for the ice streams and helps them to slide faster. That is, fresh filtered water to the base of the ice sheets melt, weaken and slide them into the sea.