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New map pinpoints cities to avoid as sea levels rise
2013-02-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: SYDNEY, Tokyo and Buenos Aires watch out. These cities will experience some of the greatest sea level rises by 2100, according to one of the most comprehensive predictions to date. Sea levels have been rising for over 100 years - not evenly, though. Several processes are at work, says Mahé Perrette of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. Some land is sinking, some is rising. Stronger currents create slopes in sea surface, and since all things with mass exert a gravitation...
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