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Sea Levels to Rise by 35 to 63 Due to Arctic Ice Melting [1]

A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the region's ice and snow are melting faster than previously thought and sharply raises projections of global sea level rise this century. According to a report by the international Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), the cover of sea ice on the Arctic Ocean is shrinking faster.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Sea Level Rise [3], Arctic [4], Glacial Melt [5], Climate Change [6], Climate Impacts [7]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts