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Rising sea levels are slated to submerge substantial parts of 1,700 US cities

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See on Scoop.itPRG HAWAII NEWS WITH RUSS ROBERTS

This item has been corrected. Sea levels, as we know, are incredibly sensitive to rises in global temperatures. A study released earlier this month revealed that the increase of a mere degree celsius could lead global sea levels to rise by as much…

Russell Roberts‘s insight:

This is not good news for low-lying Pacific Rim nations such as Tuvalu which are only a few feet above sea level.  Coastal cities in Hawaii, including Hilo and Kailua-Kona could face ocean inundation in the future.  Aloha, Russ.

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