Over the past 50 years the average rate of sea level rise has been 1.8 mm per year. Explain the two primary factors responsible for this rise in sea level
What will be an ideal response?
The expansion of water (in this case ocean water) as it warms is an important factor, since surface ocean waters have warmed during the past 50 years. Also, the warming of the atmosphere has led to the melting of continental ice sheets and alpine glaciers, the water from which would run off into rivers that feed into oceans, increasing the amount of water in ocean basins and causing the sea level to rise.
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Fill in the blanks with correct word
Over the past 35 years the number of storms has remained relatively constant, but there has been an 80%
increase in the abundance of Category ____________ and ____________ storms. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Rills are ____
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