新研究：1900年以来南海海平面上升150毫米

近日，中国科学家在珊瑚氧稳定同位素记录海平面变化研究上取得新进展，发现1900年以来南海海平面上升了150毫米。

Chinese researchers have reconstructed the history of the South China Sea's sea-level shift using local corals and found that the sea level has risen by 150 mm since 1900.

中国科学家通过对南海当地珊瑚进行研究，重建了海平面的精细变化过程，发现1900年以来南海海平面上升了150毫米。

The study, carried out by researchers from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and other institutions in the country, focused on Porites coral, a wide-spread coral in the South China Sea with a high growth rate, clear annual growth layer and sensitive response to the change of seawater environment.

中国科学院南海海洋研究所的科研人员联合国内相关单位的专家，主要用造礁滨珊瑚来研究（过去环境变化）。造礁滨珊瑚在南海广泛发育，具有生长速率高、年生长层清晰、对周围海水环境变化响应敏感等优势。

造礁滨珊瑚由此成为海洋环境变化的绝佳天然记录者。

The researchers analyzed the correlation mechanism between the oxygen stable isotopes of Porites coral and sea level, sea surface salinity, sea surface temperature and rainfall of the South China Sea, and reconstructed the sea level record at an annual resolution.