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ECHAUFFEMENT OCEANS [1 record]

Record 1 2022-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate Change
CONT

It is suggested that ocean warming will greatly increase the rate of bottom melting of ice shelves, such as the Ross and Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelves, and lead to lowering of frictional restraint by grounded ice and ice boundaries, and hence permit rapid deglaciation to take place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Changements climatiques
CONT

Le recul des glaciers et le réchauffement des océans font monter le niveau des océans, une grave préoccupation pour une grande partie du littoral canadien.

Key term(s)
  • échauffement océanique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cambio climático
CONT

El calentamiento oceánico afecta a los seres humanos de forma directa y sus efectos se hacen ya sentir, por ejemplo sobre las poblaciones de peces y el rendimiento agrícola, los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos y un mayor riesgo de enfermedades transmitidas por el agua [...]

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