Stories Related to Satellites Show Warming Is Accelerating Sea Level Rise

Associated Press, The Press of Atlantic City
Mon, 02/12/2018 - 2:24pm

WASHINGTON — Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows.

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