| As Sea Level Rises, State Must Take A Step Back Hartford Courant The fact is, sea levels in Long Island Sound have risen three times as fast over the past 100 years as the 1,000-year average. Every prediction of future rates of sea level rise made by scientists over the past few decades was an underestimate. Sea … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Rising sea a threat to riverside homes Sydney Morning Herald Even under a limited sea level rise of 0.4 metres, predicted by 2050, the area of riverside land submerged every year would increase by 450 per cent on current levels. Once the sea level rises to 0.9 metres, which is forecast by the end of the century, … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Sandy, rising seas fuel future climate concerns USA TODAY Will the warnings about sea–level rise in the wake of Hurricane Sandy wash away like the concern seen after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005? Or has the tide finally risen too high to ignore? “Our climate is changing,” said New York … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Rising Sea Levels Are Serious New York Times Cynthia Rosenzweig is a senior research scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. William Solecki is director of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College. They are co-chairmen of the New York City Panel on Climate Change. See all stories on this topic » |
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| Long-term sea level rise could threaten government agencies, cost Washington … Phys.Org (Phys.org)—A University of Maryland study projects that Washington, D.C., city and federal property could suffer billions of dollars in damage if sea level rise from global warming increases over the next century. Potential for significant damage will … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Reasons why Sea Levels are Rising ahead of Predictions AccuWeather.com (blog) Global sea–level rise measurements are currently meeting or exceeding the high end of the 2007 IPCC projected rises and new research by a University of Colorado geologist has a likely explanation, according to a story by The Geological Society of America. See all stories on this topic » |
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| Our Latest High-Water Mark New York Times Hurricane Sandy showed us how sea–level rise actually works. It comes up in spikes that top historic highs and then fall back to normal. The Marshall Islands experienced such a high in 2011 when La Niña swamped parts of the capital city of Majuro at … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Sea level rising faster than expected, warns expert – The Times of India The sea level is rising faster than expected and may cross one metre mark by the end of this century — double that of the estimates made by the … timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17059103.cms |