Sources of Sea Level Rise
1.Wikipedia article on sea level rise, Click here
2.IPCC, Fourth Assessment Report,2007,
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3.Bruce C. Douglas (NOAA, National Oceanographic Data Center, Washington, D.C), Global sea level change: Determination and interpretation.
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This study presents a view of where the field of sea level research stands today and how further progress can be made, from the already available literature. This paper serves as a resource for the non-specialist. This last goal reflects the fact that the study of sea level is interdisciplinary, involving oceanography, geophysics, meteorology, geology, geodesy, coastal geomorphology, and other related and specialized fields.
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This link provides a photographic documentation of Climate Change, maintained by Gary Braasch. He is also the author of the book, 'Earth under Fire'. He has done a study on Sea level rise in some of the most vulnerable regions where sea level rise is taking place.
The one meter sea level rise generally predicted, if no action is taken about global warming will inundate more than 15 percent of Bangladesh, displacing more than 13 million people and cut into the crucial rice crop. Intruding water will damage the Sundarbans mangrove forest, a world heritage site.
5.Germanwatch,Sea-Level Rise in Bangladesh and the Netherlands. One Phenomenon, Many Consequences, Read more
Regional consequences do not only depend on the environmental conditions in a specific region, but also on the economic and social situation as well as the available options to respond to the new challenges. This means that especially developing countries, which until now have hardly contributed to the anthropogenic climate change, will usually be the most affected by the consequences. A comparison between Bangladesh and the Netherlands, which are both seriously affected by rising sea levels, illustrates this fact.
6.World Bank, Bangladesh: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 2000.
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- Content Type: Data
- Category: River Basins, Agriculture, Climate, Climate Change, Disasters, Drainage, Droughts, Ecosystems, Environment, Freshwater, Freshwater Ecosystems, Glaciers, Groundwater, Human Development, International Development Agencies, Mountain Ecosystems, Precipitation, Rivers, Society, Temperature, Water Management, Water Quality, Water Resources, World Bank (WB)
- Author: World Bank (WB)
- Location / Time: Bangladesh, India
- Difficulty Level: Intermediate


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