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Study: 70% of coastal Northeast could adapt to rising seas
2016-03-19 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Press: Hampton Roads and other threatened coastal communities have long been bracing for sea-level rise, struggling to figure out how to adapt. But a new study published Monday suggests that up to 70 percent of the coast from Virginia to the Canadian border is actually more likely to shift and change rather than drown. Barrier islands will migrate landward, get carved into dunes or split into inlets, the study says. Low-lying forests will evolve into salt marshes, and salt marshes will build up and,...
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