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Massive Sea Wall May Be Needed to Keep New York Dry
2014-05-05 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Massive flood barriers may not be the most cost-effective way to control severe flooding from future Sandy-like storms in New York City, at least in the next two decades, according to a new analysis from Dutch and American researchers. However, the city needs to be planning for those types of huge barriers more as part of a longer-term plan, and as preparation for the possibility that climate change and sea-level rise may be worse than expected, warns the analysis, published last week in Science....
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