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'How high above sea level am I?' If you've googled this, you're likely asking the wrong question — an expert explains

  • Written by Shayne McGregor, Associate professor, Monash University
'How high above sea level am I?' If you've googled this, you're likely asking the wrong question — an expert explainsShutterstock

The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is confronting. It finds global mean sea levels rose by about 20 centimetres between 1901 and 2018. In fact, sea levels have risen faster over the last hundred years than any time in the last 3,000 years.

This acceleration is expected to continue. A...

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