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Is it too soon to start planning a seawall for Massachusetts?
Article: Rising sea level puts US Atlantic coast at risk: report
Date: AFP – June 24, 2012 - 7+ hrs ago
Source: www.news.yahoo.com - Yahoo News
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/rising-sea-level-puts-us-atlantic-coast-risk-171554622.html
The sea level on a stretch of the US Atlantic coast that features the cities of New York, Norfolk and Boston is rising up to four times faster than the global average, a report said Sunday.
This increases the flood risk for one of the world's most densely-populated coastal areas and threatens wetland habitats, said a study reported in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Since about 1990, the sea level along the 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) "hotspot" zone has risen by two to 3.7 millimetres (0.08 to 0.15 inches) per year.
The global rise over the same period was between 0.6 and one millimetre per year, said the study by the US Geological Survey (USGS).[ . . . ] MORE @ LINK.
Article: Rising sea level puts US Atlantic coast at risk: report
Date: AFP – June 24, 2012 - 7+ hrs ago
Source: www.news.yahoo.com - Yahoo News
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/rising-sea-level-puts-us-atlantic-coast-risk-171554622.html
The sea level on a stretch of the US Atlantic coast that features the cities of New York, Norfolk and Boston is rising up to four times faster than the global average, a report said Sunday.
This increases the flood risk for one of the world's most densely-populated coastal areas and threatens wetland habitats, said a study reported in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Since about 1990, the sea level along the 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) "hotspot" zone has risen by two to 3.7 millimetres (0.08 to 0.15 inches) per year.
The global rise over the same period was between 0.6 and one millimetre per year, said the study by the US Geological Survey (USGS).[ . . . ] MORE @ LINK.