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Study Analyzes Global Sea-Level Rise Combined with Measurements of Sinking Land
A new study by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia
reports that
coastal populations have been experiencing a relative sea-level rise of up to four times faster compared to the global average.
Panorama drone picture of the Waterfront in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: University of East Anglia.
Published recently in the
Nature Climate Change journal, the study is the first to examine global sea-level rise together with measurements of sinking land. So far, the effect of subsidence in combination with sea-level rise has been regarded as a local problem and not a worldwide one. ....

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