GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Weather patterns
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Creating or destroying inland seas
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Changing Earth’s landscapes
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Expanding or contracting continental shelves
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lost homes, lives and livelihoods are among the worst impacts of rising sea levels. And by 2100, up to 410 million people could be at risk from coastal flooding as the warming climate expands the ocean, causing sea levels to rise even higher.
Detailed explanation-2: -There is a direct relationship between climate change and sea level rise. As our climate warms, sea level rises mainly because of thermal expansion (when water warms up, it expands) and melting of snow, glaciers and ice caps (which increases the volume of ocean water).
Detailed explanation-3: -But, how do these changes occur? Scientists classify sea level changes in two categories, eustatic and isostatic changes. Eustatic changes are changes to the sea level that occur on a global scale. Eustatic changes to sea level occur due to changes in the amount of water stored in glaciers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Melting Arctic sea ice does not contribute directly to sea level rise.