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United States: Gulf swallowing Galveston faster than thought
2013-01-05 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Rising sea levels are likely to cover the coastal highway on the unprotected west end of Galveston sooner than previously predicted. A 2007 study underwritten by the city of Galveston that anticipated rising sea levels would cover the highway within 60 years appears to have been overly optimistic. The $50,000 geological hazard report was prepared for the city by geologists from the University of Texas, Rice University and Texas A&M University but then shelved. The report based its calculation on...
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