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As Alaska glaciers melt, sea level is falling, not rising [1]

Juneau (Alaska): Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, Alaska, 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
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Sea Level Rise [5], Glacial Melt [6], Alaska [7]
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