Global warming spawns dangerous rise of sea level along 600-mile stretch of East Coast - Herkimer, NY - The Times

Global warming spawns dangerous rise of sea level along 600-mile stretch of East Coast

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By Pat Cunningham

The situation won’t soon be anything like the one depicted in the photo above, but there’s still cause for concern, as we see HERE:

From Cape Hatteras, N.C., to just north of Boston, sea levels are rising much faster than they are around the globe, putting one of the world’s most costly coasts in danger of flooding, government researchers report.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists call the 600-mile swath a “hot spot” for climbing sea levels caused by global warming.

Along the region, the Atlantic Ocean is rising at an annual rate three to four times faster than the global ...

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