GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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rising sea levels
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shorter growing seasons
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increased volcanic eruptions
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falling sea levels
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oceans are becoming more acidic, due in large part to their absorption of some of our excess emissions. As this acidification accelerates, it poses a serious threat to underwater life, particularly creatures with calcium carbonate shells or skeletons, including mollusks, crabs, and corals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Increasing ocean heat content is contributing to sea level rise, ocean heat waves and coral bleaching, and melting of ocean-terminating glaciers and ice sheets around Greenland and Antarctica. Heat already stored in the ocean will eventually be released, committing Earth to additional surface warming in the future.
Detailed explanation-3: -A warming climate can cause seawater to expand and ice over land to melt, both of which can cause a rise in sea level.