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