Melting Glaciers Could Raise Sea Levels In Sharp Bursts, Reef Fossils Show

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If all the land ice present on Earth today were to melt, it would raise the global sea levels by about 70 meters (230 feet), according to the United States Geological Survey. By studying fossil coral reefs, scientist have found that sea level rise happens in burst of decades to a century long. Sea level rise doesn’t happen gradually.

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