New Sea-Level Rise Projection Raises Threat to World’s Coasts

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Venice, Italy. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care

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About one-quarter of the world’s population lives in coastal areas that will be unlivable by the year 2100 because of rising sea levels, researchers say.

In a special issue of the journal Earth’s Future, coastal scientists and engineers detailed projections for sea-level rise for the year 2100, and described their model Monday (Dec. 12) at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union…

Read Full Article, LiveScience (12-15-2016)

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