Sea Level Rise Could Flood Many Cities
AP
Posted: 2007-09-22 16:08:13
Filed Under: Nation News, Science News
(Sept. 22) - Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting. In about a century, some of the places that make America what it is may be slowly erased.
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AP
Posted: 2007-09-22 16:08:13
Filed Under: Nation News, Science News
(Sept. 22) - Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting. In about a century, some of the places that make America what it is may be slowly erased.
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