Pacific Sea Levels Rising Very Slowly and Not Accelerating

Over the past decades, detailed surveys of the Pacific Ocean atoll islands show no sign of drowning because of accelerated sea-level rise. Data reveal that no atoll lost land area, 88.6% of islands were either stable or increased in area, and only 11.4% of islands contracted. The Pacific Atolls are...

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Main Authors: Parker Albert, Ollier Clifford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-03-01
Series:Quaestiones Geographicae
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2019-0007