Global warming will cause see levels to rise since a lot of water is stored in ice sheets which will melt. All of the melt water will end up in the ocean causing sea levels to rise.
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Of any substance? What about two powders such as 1/2 cup of white flour, then mixing 1/2 cup of salt together with the flour. This would then form a more coarse mixture being that the two particles differ in shape.
Because it throws the earth off balance and if it does it often enough then it will soon add up.