Meanwhile many studies of potential local effects of rising sea level are under way. BNC
A rising sea level will erode shorelines, increase coastal flooding, encourage saltwater intrusion into coastal soils, aquifers and along estuaries, damage coastal marshes and swamps, induce higher storm surges and alter ocean currents. BNC
The quality of paintings in the cave, whose tunnel entrance was submerged by the rising sea level as the last Ice Age ended, are of such exceptional quality that their authenticity was originally doubted. BNC