Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Sinking River Deltas

This linked article from NASA Earth Observatory provides some excellent insight into why river deltas across the globe are sinking, and how this affects about 1/2 billion people. (Be sure to read the last paragraph).

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GREENLAND - Will probably be the focus of near term sea level rise

Greenland is almost all covered by a very thick glacial ice cap. If all of Greenland's ice either melted or slid into the oceans, sea le...