The amount of sea-level rise that comes from the oceans warming and expanding has been underestimated, and is likely about twice as much as previously calculated, German researchers said yesterday.

The findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed United States journal, suggest that increasingly severe storm surges could be anticipated as a result.

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