Stephen Hughes, Queensland University of Technology (IMAGE)

Queensland University of Technology

Stephen Hughes, Queensland University of Technology

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Dr. Stephen Hughes and Darren Pearce have developed a new experiment that uses Archimedes' principle to demonstrate that oceans expand as they heat up, causing sea levels to rise, even without factoring in melting ice sheets.

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Erika Fish, QUT.

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