Philippines' Sea Level Rising 1.8 Millimeters/Year 1961-2003 - Manila Times

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THE Philippines’ land area is slowly shrinking as the sea level continues to rise, an official from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Wednesday.

Edna Juanillo, Pagasa’s weather specialist, told the weekly Fernandina Forum at the Club Filipino in San Juan that from 1961 to 2003, the waters around the archipelago rose by 1.8 millimeter every year.

Juanillo attributed the rising sea level to the melting of the polar icecaps caused by global warming.

She said a Pagasa study also showed that coastal areas in Navotas, Malabon, Cavite, Davao City and Legazpi City sank by 15 centimeters from 1970 to 1999.

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1. every year, faster

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