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Sea Level and Risk of Flooding Rising Rapidly in Mid-Atlantic
2013-12-12 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: During the 20th century, sea levels along the highly populated U.S. Mid-Atlantic coastline between New York and Virginia rose faster than in any other century during the past 4,300 years, according to a new study. And as those sea levels continue to increase as a result of global warming and local land elevation changes, the risks of coastal flooding will dramatically escalate. The study, by geoscientists at Rutgers and Tufts Universities and published in the new journal "Earth's Future,' took...
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