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Mediterranean sea-level rising 2.5mm a year
By EUobserver
Oceanic warming and melting glaciers are raising sea levels by 2.5mm a year in the Mediterranean and up to 3.1mm a year globally, a report revealed on Wednesday. Researchers found the Arctic has lost between 1979 and 2020 a sea-ice area about six times the size of Germany. They warned climate change and pollution continue to put marine ecosystems under pressure.