Time for a bit of scaremongering on a Saturday evening . Taken from the BBC News website:

"The level of the Mediterranean Sea is rising rapidly and could increase by up to half a metre in the next 50 years, scientists in Spain have warned.

A study by the Spanish Oceanographic Institute says levels have been rising since the 1970s with the rate of increase growing in recent years.

It says even a small rise could have serious consequences in coastal areas.

The study noted that the findings were consistent with other investigations into the effects of climate change.

The study, entitled Climate Change in the Spanish Mediterranean, said the sea had risen "between 2.5mm and 10mm (0.1 and 0.4in) per year since the 1990s".

If the trend continued it would have "very serious consequences" in low-lying coastal areas even in the case of a small rise, and "catastrophic consequences" if a half-metre increase occurred, the study warned"

The full report can be read by clicking on this link.

Mark

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Cheers Mark

Does that mean soon it will only take me 5 mins to walk to the beach instead of 10? Hoorah!  

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S**T, that'll be us under water where our place is in Spain.

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