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Did rapid sea-level rise drown fossil coral reefs around Hawaii?
Description: Scientists globally are investigating just how quickly sea-level rise can occur as a result of global warming and ice sheets melting. A new journal paper has shown a past sea-level rise event was associated with "drowning" or death of coral reefs in Hawaii. It provides evidence of a meltwater pulse (referred to as meltwater pulse 1-A), based on analysis of fossil coral reef samples from off the coast of Kawaihae, on the northwest of the Big Island of Hawaii. [Source: EurekaAlert!]
URL: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uos-drs092817.php
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Source: EurekaAlert!
Publish Date: 9/28/2017
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