Ancient Corals May Provide Record of Rapid Sea Level Rise
Friday, May 1, 2009 - 00:15
in Earth & Climate
With Greenland's glaciers melting and on the move while vast ice sheets in Antarctica continue to shatter, the proportion of water in the seas continues to grow. And with the climate at the poles expected to continue to warm rapidly in coming decades, many researchers are trying to determine how much and how quickly sea levels might rise. Now newly excavated reefs in Mexico may have provided an answer: high and fast. [More]