Why will sea level rise as the climate warms?
We discussed the
effect of changes in the size of glaciers
and ice sheets on sea level in the context of the 100,000 year glacial-interglacial
cycles that have characterized
earthÕs climate over the past 1 million
years.
In addition, sea level
will rise as the climate warms
due to the thermal expansion of seawater--i.e. the fact that seawater expands as it
warms.