Natural relationship between CO2 concentrations and sea level documented

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 15:30 in Earth & Climate

By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present (almost 400 parts per million) were systematically associated with sea levels at least nine meters above current levels.

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