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Professional divers were trained to search for phreatic overgrowth on speleothems underwater.

Professional divers assisted researchers by searching for mineral overgrowths in Mallorca, Spain cave systems.

Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal unprecedented modern sea-level rise

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.  

Science Advances Cover July 2022

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