Climate Change Impacts to the United States: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, July 18, 2000, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 - 58 pages |
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... Ice Age . First , the ice melted in North America and Northern Europe , and that caused a very rapid rise in sea level . We can actually measure it . It is about 80 inches per century , as measured . Once that ice was gone , the melting ...
... Ice Age . First , the ice melted in North America and Northern Europe , and that caused a very rapid rise in sea level . We can actually measure it . It is about 80 inches per century , as measured . Once that ice was gone , the melting ...
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... Ice Age . The initial rapid rise of about 200 cm ( 80 inches ) per century gradually changed to a slower rise of 15-20 cm ( 6– 8 in ) / cy_about 7500 years ago , once the large ice masses covering North America and North Europe had ...
... Ice Age . The initial rapid rise of about 200 cm ( 80 inches ) per century gradually changed to a slower rise of 15-20 cm ( 6– 8 in ) / cy_about 7500 years ago , once the large ice masses covering North America and North Europe had ...
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... ice age . The total rise has been about 400 feet . Sea levels are continuing to rise at a rate of about 7 inches per century , and will continue at about that rate for sev- eral millennia more as slow melting continues in the Antarctic ...
... ice age . The total rise has been about 400 feet . Sea levels are continuing to rise at a rate of about 7 inches per century , and will continue at about that rate for sev- eral millennia more as slow melting continues in the Antarctic ...
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... Ice Age of 1400-1850 . To understand climate change , sci- entists must understand the detailed nature of the extremely complex climate sys- tem . While we have learned a great deal , there is still much we do not know . Čli- mate ...
... Ice Age of 1400-1850 . To understand climate change , sci- entists must understand the detailed nature of the extremely complex climate sys- tem . While we have learned a great deal , there is still much we do not know . Čli- mate ...
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... ice , these events are portentous . Abrupt climate change . The paleoclimate observations , both from sea - floor sedi- nent cores , glacial ... age glaciation and the transition out of it . Both he increasing input of fresh water on top of ...
... ice , these events are portentous . Abrupt climate change . The paleoclimate observations , both from sea - floor sedi- nent cores , glacial ... age glaciation and the transition out of it . Both he increasing input of fresh water on top of ...
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