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Seas are rising faster than ever – Science Magazine
A new satellite will monitor coastal hot spots, where currents amplify global trends
Flooding will become common in sea level rise hot spots such as Virginia.
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By Paul VoosenNov. 18, 2020 , 12:40 PM
Ask climate scientists how fast the worlds oceans are creeping upward, and many will say 3.2 millimeters per yeara figure enshrined in the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, from 2014. But the number, based on satellite measurements taken since the early 1990s, is a long-term average. In fact, the global rate varied so…
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