Water in Dams, Reservoirs Preventing Sea-Level Rise

[ben_meyers]

Water in Dams, Reservoirs Preventing Sea-Level Rise


Dams and reservoirs have stored so much water over the past several decades that they have masked surging sea levels, a new study says.

But dam building has slowed, meaning sea levels could rise more quickly than researchers predicted in a 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

Sea levels have been rising for decades, due mostly to global warming caused by greenhouse gases.

The oceans are on average about 6.3 inches (16 centimeters) higher now than in 1930, when they started a noticeable upward climb. Melting glaciers and ice caps, along with ocean warming—water expands as it heats up—are the main culprits behind the increase

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080313-dams-water.html

[jimshoes]

1. Say, if sea levels get too high

we could just fill the Grand Canyon and never have to worry about it again. Series!!11

[fed-up]

2. k & R nt