Science news articles about 'ocean levels'

... -2003. That equates to an approximately 2_-inch increase in ocean levels in a 42-year span ... previous estimates for the upper 300 meters of oceans. The research corrected for small but systematic biases ...

The U.S.-French Jason 2 satellite launched Friday to map rising ocean levels.

... - Jason 2 - has been launched to continue work to monitor the situation, providing valuable information for scientists trying to understand how ocean levels fit into the climate change puzzle.

... Cut of the Panama Canal. The results show that instead of being formed by rising and subsiding ocean levels or existing as a string of islands as scientists previously believed, the Isthmus of Panama ...

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (Reuters) - A yellow robot submarine will dive under an ice shelf in Antarctica to seek clues to world ocean level rises in one of the most inaccessible places on earth.

Researchers have predicted that ocean levels will rise almost a metre by 2100, drowning the homes of ten per cent of the world's population.

... if sea temperatures rise by 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit), triggering a thaw that would raise world ocean levels by 5 meters (16 ft), U.S. scientists said.

... heading inland. At that time, much of the world's water was confined to glaciers, causing ocean levels to be lower and exposing more of the continental shelf. As the earth warmed and water levels rose ...

... flow out into the sea, bringing about a colossal rise in ocean levels on Earth, as the global temperature rises? ... 0.6 per mille decrease in the level of the oxygen isotope Oxygen-18, which indicates ...