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Climate Management Issues
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Climate Management Issues

by Julie K. Gines
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
470 pages
16h 40m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Climate Management Issues
31The Earth’s Climate System
from both tidal gauges and satellite measurements worldwide, scientists can
say with condence that sea-level rise has increased during the twentieth
century. Based on data acquired from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientic
and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), data gathered from January
1993 to April 2008 shows that sea level has risen on average 3.3 mm/year
(Figure 1.8). Increased scientic knowledge has also claried some issues
that were not well understood previously, such as that the large polar ice
sheets are far more sensitive to surface warming than initially thought, with
signicant changes c
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ISBN: 9781439861066