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Introducing Sea Level Change (Paperback, New edition)
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Introducing Sea Level Change (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Introducing Earth and Environmental Sciences
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One of the most important issues in current debates on climate
change is sea level rise. Hardly a day goes by when there is not a
newspaper article, TV or radio presentation on the topic. Nearly
half of the world's population live on or near the coast, so there
is real concern about the impact that future sea level rise may
have. Yet media predictions of future changes tend to be depicted
in a sensationalist manner and quite often the explanations of the
science of sea level change bear little relation to reality. This
book details the history of scientific discoveries that have
explained the patterns of sea level change that have taken place
across the Earth in the past. Alastair Dawson introduces the many
complex processes, some of which are not well-known, that influence
patterns and rates of relative sea level change. Using this
knowledge, the reader is much better placed to form a clearer
perspective on what the future is likely to have in store for sea
levels on Earth.Alastair Dawson first addresses some of the most
important misconceptions about the topic of sea level change. He
then explains the principal causes of sea level change focusing on
the key issues of vertical land movements and changes in global
ocean volume. He explores the key areas of science that we need to
understand in order to evaluate competing assertions of how sea
level is likely to change in the future. He also shows how,
remarkably, the melting history of the last great ice sheets on
Earth is still playing an important part in contributing to present
patterns of sea level change. The book concludes with a
consideration of the rates and patterns of sea level change that
have occurred over the last century and demonstrates how satellite
technology is presently contributing new ways of understanding of
present patterns of change.
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