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NASA Facilities at Risk From Projected Sea Level Increases
2015-09-08 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Many of NASAs key sites for launching spacecraft and carrying out research will be threatened by even moderate increases in sea level, the U.S. space agency reports. NASA says that half to two-thirds of its laboratories, launch pads, airfields, testing facilities, data centers and other infrastructure are situated at less than 16 feet (5 meters) above sea level. The agency released a handful of maps showing how even a one-foot rise in sea level would impact the operations of major sites such as...
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