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What effects would climate change have on sea levels?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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That depends on which way the climate is changing, a globally colder climate would see the buildup of ice on land and sea levels would fall.

A warming climate would have the opposite effect, sea levels rising and coastal cities and croplands destroyed.

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