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Sea-level map offers disturbing picture of Jersey shore's future

2013-03-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Philadelphia Inquirer: Richard Lathrop zeros in on North Wildwood to show off a new tool that predicts where the water will go as sea level rises. Looking at high tide, sections of marsh now flood. With a foot of sea-level rise, water laps at a few streets. Two feet, and some neighborhoods flood. Three feet, and portions of the evacuation route are awash - all at high water. No wonder he calls the future view of New Jersey, as envisioned by Rutgers University's new sea-level mapping tool, "disturbing." "New Jersey's...

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