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NYT Shock News : Sea Level To Rise Six Feet By 2100

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Stupidity and insanity is the new normal.

But researchers have recently been startled to see big changes unfold in both Greenland and Antarctica.

As a result of recent calculations that take the changes into account, many scientists now say that sea level is likely to rise perhaps three feet by 2100 — an increase that, should it come to pass, would pose a threat to coastal regions the world over.

And the calculations suggest that the rise could conceivably exceed six feet, which would put thousands of square miles of the American coastline under water and would probably displace tens of millions of people in Asia.

As Glaciers Melt, Science Seeks Data on Rising Seas – NYTimes.com

Sea level measurements have been steady in New York for 150 years. Post glacial rebound is causing the land to sink at a constant rate.

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