Thousands of pieces of data demonstrate that sea levels and extreme phenomena are evolving independently
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 06:30
in Earth & Climate
The negative effects of climate change are becoming more and more intense and noticeable in the sea and coastal areas. One of the most damaging consequences of this phenomenon is the rise in sea levels that has been occurring since the beginning of the 20th Century, an action that may result in floods, the breaching of dykes or flood barriers (due to increasingly powerful storms), the destruction of ecosystems in low-lying areas or the erosion of beaches, among many other things; a series of impacts of great significance in ecological and socioeconomic terms.