Thursday, March 3, 2011

ENVIRONMENT - Rising sea levels in the Mediterranean

The water level rises sharply in the Mediterranean for ten years, says the Spanish daily El Pais. If, in the twentieth century, its level rose 20 cm, the twenty-first century, is forecast by 35 cm. This "sudden" rise of water, 3 mm per year at present, twice more than 10 years ago, accompanied by an increase in temperature (0.8 ° over the last century) and more high salinity as a result of climate change.

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