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News Release 10-119
Indian Ocean Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Areas
Rise is especially high along coastlines of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, as well as Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java
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Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly and threatening coastal areas and islands. Sea-level rise is especially high along the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java.
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The Indo-Pacific warm pool extends almost halfway around the globe, stretching along the equator south of India, through the waters off Sumatra, Java, Borneo and New Guinea, and into the central Pacific Ocean. The waters of the warm pool are warmer than any those of any other open ocean on Earth. Because these waters are hot enough to drive heat and moisture high into the atmosphere, the warm pool has a large effect on the climate of surrounding lands.
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