[PCA] NEWS: As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Mon May 18 09:28:12 CDT 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/science/earth/18juneau.html?_r=1&ref=science
As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising
By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: May 17, 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Global warming conjures images of rising seas that
threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the
world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here
melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.
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