Sea Level Rising Faster Than Previously Thought

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Severe coastal erosion, Anegada, British Virgin Islands. Photo courtesy of: © Andrew Cooper

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The world’s oceans are now rising far faster than they did in the past, a new study says…

Scientists say that faster pace of sea level rise is from melting ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica and shrinking glaciers, triggered by man-made global warming…

Read Full Article, AP / ABC News

We Need to Retreat From the Beach, Op Ed by Orrin H. Pilkey.
As ocean waters warm, the Northeast is likely to face more Sandy-like storms. And as sea levels continue to rise, the surges of these future storms will be higher and even more deadly. We can’t stop these powerful storms. But we can reduce the deaths and damage they cause…

“The Rising Sea”A Book by Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young


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