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Further Investigations: What's wrong with this picture?

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Understanding Sea Level Rise

Phenomenon:

Icebergs and glaciers have different effects rising seas.

Let's see what the news is saying!

Here is an article published in 2011 that reports on the issue of sea level rise. Even though the information in the article is correct, there is a slight misinterpretation in the photo caption - can you find it?

<p>Fig. 1. Article published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser in 2011 about rising sea levels.&nbsp;</p>

Fig. 1. Article published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser in 2011 about rising sea levels. 

Image from Honolulu Star Advertiser

Let's zoom in on that photo...

<p>Fig. 2. What do you notice about the information in the photo caption above?</p>

Fig. 2. What do you notice about the information in the photo caption above?

Image from article in Honolulu Star Advertiser

What did you see?

If you noted that melting icebergs don't cause the sealevel to rise, you were correct! Many people might not know the difference between icebergs and glaciers, but now that you've investigated them, you know that melting glaciers are contributing to sea level rise, not icebergs. 

Exploring Our Fluid Earth, a product of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), College of Education. University of Hawai?i, 2011. This document may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-profit educational purposes.