By: Cassidy Delamarter, University Communications and Marketing
The early 1900s were an exciting time across the world, with rapid advances in the steel, electric and automobile industries. The industrial changes also mark an inflection point in our climate. According to an international team of researchers led by the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ (USF), the sea level has risen 18 centimeters since the start of the 20th century.
The , featured on the cover of the July 1 issue of , works to identify preindustrial sea levels and examines the impact of modern greenhouse warming on sea-level rise.
The team, which includes ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏgraduate students, – home to more than 1,000 cave systems, some of which have deposits that formed millions of yea