Assertion: Global warming can lead to rising sea levels.
Reasoning: Global warming causes the melting of glaciers and ice caps, which increases the amount of water in the oceans.
Both Assertion and Reasoning are true, and Reasoning is the correct explanation for Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reasoning are true, but Reasoning is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
Assertion is true, but Reasoning is false.
Assertion is false, but Reasoning is true.
The assertion and reasoning both are true, and the reasoning is a correct explanation for the assertion.
Global warming is caused by an increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, primarily carbon dioxide, resulting from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes. As the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere increases due to global warming, glaciers and ice caps at the Earth's poles and in mountainous regions begin to melt, increasing the amount of water in the oceans.
This increase in the amount of water in the oceans leads to rising sea levels. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sea levels have risen by about 15 cm (6 inches) since the beginning of the 20th century, and the rate of sea-level rise has accelerated in recent decades.
Therefore, it is correct to say that global warming can lead to rising sea levels, and the reasoning given in the assertion is the correct explanation for it.