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  2. Past sea level - Wikipedia

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    In sharp contrast, the period between 14,300 and 11,100 years ago, which includes the Younger Dryas interval, was an interval of reduced sea level rise at about 6.0–9.9 mm/yr. Meltwater pulse 1C was centered at 8,000 years ago and produced a rise of 6.5 m in less than 140 years, such that sea levels 5000 years ago were around 3m lower than ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3.63 m – the record wingspan for living birds (a wandering albatross) 3.7 m – leg span of a Japanese spider crab; 3.7 m – length of a southern elephant seal, the largest living pinniped; 5 m – length of an elephant; 5.2 mheight of a giraffe [123] 5.5 mheight of a Baluchitherium, the largest land mammal ever lived

  4. Human height - Wikipedia

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    The height of British children growing up during the years of austerity has decreased: As of 2019, the average five-year-old boy measured 112.5 cm (3 ft 8.3 in) and the average girl 111.7 cm (3 ft 8.0 in). They were shorter and more obese than many of their European peers.

  5. One World Trade Center - Wikipedia

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    One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and Freedom Tower, [note 1] is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the

  6. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    For instance, one survey shows there is 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) gap between the tallest state and the shortest state in Germany. [6] Under such circumstances, the mean height may not represent the total population unless sample subjects are appropriately taken from all regions with using weighted average of the different regional groups.

  7. Sea level rise - Wikipedia

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    With high emissions it would instead accelerate further, and could rise by 1.0 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 3 ft) or even 1.6 m (5 + 1 ⁄ 3 ft) by 2100. [5] [3]: 1302 In the long run, sea level rise would amount to 2–3 m (7–10 ft) over the next 2000 years if warming stays to its current 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) over the pre-industrial past. It would be 19–22 ...

  8. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

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    16:52 JST – Ōarai – 4.2 meters (14 ft) Many areas were also affected by waves of 1 to 3 meters (3 ft 3 in to 9 ft 10 in) in height, and the JMA bulletin also included the caveat that "At some parts of the coasts, tsunamis may be higher than those observed at the observation sites."

  9. Long jump - Wikipedia

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    Powell's record of 8.95 m (29 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) has now stood for over 33 years. Some jumps over 8.95 m ( 29 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) have been officially recorded. Wind-assisted 8.99 m ( 29 ft 5 + 34 in) were recorded by Powell at high altitude in Sestriere in 1992.