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How has the world's changing climate today affected glaciers and sea levels

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It has caused sea levels to rise and caused glaciers to melt.

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Because glaciers and ice caps are melting rapidly and they store about 1.7% all of Earth's water, causing sea levels to rise.

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Global warming is causing global mean sea level to rise in two ways. First, glaciers and ice sheets worldwide are melting and adding water to the ocean. ... A third, much smaller contributor to sea level rise is a decline in the amount of liquid water on land—aquifers, lakes and reservoirs, rivers, soil moisture.

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