“The rise in sea level is four times greater in coastal populations”, article in El Independiente
That sea levels are rising is a well-established fact and is due to climate change.
The impact of rising sea levels can be exacerbated by other human actions in some coastal areas. A new study from the University of East Anglia published in Nature Climate Change suggests that this increase can be up to four times faster in some coastal areas.
The cause of this increased speed is due to the combination of the rise in sea level with the subsidence of the land, its sinking, which increases the rise in sea level. The study estimates an average sea level rise of 7.8 mm – 9.9 mm per year over the past twenty years, compared to a global average increase of 2.6 mm per year at other coastal points.
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