Loss of soil moisture is fueling rising sea levels

Study shows that continents lost more than 2.5 trillion tons of water to the oceans this century, probably due to climate change. The melting of Antarctica and Greenland has been the major concern of scientists studying sea level rise, but a new study shows that the loss of liquid water from continents, far from the poles, is the dominant phenomenon behind the increase in the volume of the oceans. Climate change is the likely culprit. The work, …

Thousands of miles from countries like Australia and Hawaii, hidden in the vast Pacific Ocean, Tuvalu faces a grim fate. Measuring just 26 square kilometers and with an average altitude of four meters, this small island nation is in a race against time to survive rising sea levels. Climate catastrophe is not a distant threat for the small country, but a present reality. Global warming has intensified the rise in sea levels, threatening to submer…