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Rising oceans threaten to submerge 18 military bases: report
2016-07-29 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Navy Times: Rising oceans will swallow parts of the world's biggest naval base by the end of the century, according to experts who warn that it will take billions of dollars in upgrades to prepare these facilities. Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia and 17 other U.S. military installations sitting on waterfront property are looking at hundreds of floods a year and in some cases could be mostly submerged by 2100, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Nine of those bases are major...
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