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Hotspot of Accelerated Sea-Level Rise on the Atlantic Coast of North America

Categories: Climate Change,Environment,Virginia Issues

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nclimate1597.pdf

Describes how and why sea level rise has been 3-4 times greater on the Atlantic Coast of North America from Cape Hatteras to Boston than elsewhere in the world.  From the U.S. Geological Survey