Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans, study finds

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From	Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com>
Subject	Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans, study finds
Date	2015-10-12 21:30 -0500
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Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans, study finds
> http://phys.org/news/2015-10-sea-swallow-miami-orleans.html


> Say goodbye to Miami and New Orleans. No matter what we do to curb
> global warming, these and other beloved US cities will sink below
> rising seas, according to a study Monday.
>
> But making extreme carbon cuts and moving to renewable energy could
> save millions of people living in iconic coastal areas of the United
> States, said the findings in the October 12 edition of the
> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US
> journal.
>
> Scientists have already established that if we do nothing to reduce
> our burning of fossil fuel up to the year 2100, the planet will face
> sea level rise of 14-32 feet (4.3–9.9 meters), said lead author Ben
> Strauss, vice president for sea level and climate impacts at Climate
> Central.


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Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans, study finds Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 21:30 -0500
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