Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen.

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles.

But melting ice sheets don’t affect sea level and temperatures in the same way everywhere.

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