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As Alaska glaciers decline, land rises [1]

CORNELIA DEAN
JUNEAU, ALASKA

EFFECTS MORE NOTICEABLE NEAR JUNEAU AS GLACIERS RETREAT 30 FEET PER YEAR ?
Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Global Warming [4], Climate Impacts [5], Glacial Melt [6], Alaska [7]

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