El Niño's role in Pacific Ocean sea level rise

ENN
Sep 26, 2015, 7:35 am60 pts
Many tropical Pacific island nations are struggling to adapt to gradual sea level rise stemming from warming oceans and melting ice caps. Now they may also see much more frequent extreme interannual sea level swings. The culprit is a projected behavioral change of the El Niño phenomenon and its characteristic…

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