{"id":458,"date":"2014-04-01T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T09:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/?p=458"},"modified":"2014-05-07T13:18:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T12:18:36","slug":"unexpected-discoveries-about-rising-sea-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/2014\/04\/01\/unexpected-discoveries-about-rising-sea-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Discoveries about Rising Sea Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists working on the indoor microcosms experiments in Gran Canaria have warned about rising sea levels after startling discoveries. After placing bottles into tanks, it was observed that the water level rose by a couple of centimetres.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_438\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/03\/Maintenance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/03\/Maintenance-300x224.png\" alt=\"Bottles in microcosms lead to startling discoveries.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/03\/Maintenance-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/03\/Maintenance.png 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bottles in microcosms lead to startling discoveries.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Marine Chemist Maria M\u00fcller warned, \u201cThese are only a few bottles causing a significant rise in water level. Imagine thousands of people all entering the sea at once up to their necks\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_455\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4172-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Further experiments into rising sea levels. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4172-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4172-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Further experiments into rising sea levels.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She went on to add that a significant increase due to humans in the sea would have a serious impact on low-lying areas. These results from Gran Canaria echo those already reported in 2014 from the USA (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/report-ocean-levels-could-rise-foot-or-more-if-lot,35485\/\">http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/report-ocean-levels-could-rise-foot-or-more-if-lot,35485\/<\/a>) indicating the pressing nature of this issue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4186_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-456 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4186_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Devastating tidal wave caused by anthropogenic disturbances.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4186_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4186_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/04\/IMG_4186_1.jpg 1956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_456\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Devastating tidal wave may be caused by anthropogenic disturbances.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists working on the indoor microcosms experiments in Gran Canaria have warned about rising sea levels after startling discoveries. After placing bottles into tanks, it was observed that the water level rose by a couple of centimetres. Marine Chemist Maria M\u00fcller warned, \u201cThese are only a few bottles causing a significant rise in water level. 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