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Present and near-future sea-level changes: An assessment
Pirazzoli, P.A. (1990). Present and near-future sea-level changes: An assessment, in: Paepe, R. et al. Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325: pp. 153-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0_9
In: Paepe, R. et al. (Ed.) (1990). Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. Digitized reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-009-0701-0. xix, 718 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0, more
In: NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences. D. Reidel: Dordrecht; Boston; Lancaster. ISSN 0258-2023, more

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    Marine/Coastal

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  • Pirazzoli, P.A.

Abstract
    The present paper attempts to answer two questions:

    1. Is the global sea level rising, and how far?
    2. Should we expect a global sea-level rise during the next century?

    The answer to the first question is yes; the sea level has risen since the end of the last century, but this rise has been two to three times less than what is generally reported in the literature. In addition, during the last 40 years there has probably been no global sea-level rise at all.The answer to the second question is much less definite. A significant sea-level rise during the next century is a dangerous possibility that must not be ignored. However too many points are still unclear and it is difficult to say when and to what extent this rise may occur.

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