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uppityperson

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Wed Sep 10, 2014, 06:51 PM Sep 2014

The crisis of rising sea levels-Water’s Edge

This is a long, detailed piece interesting investigative journalism and couldn't figure out which forum to share it is so picked this one. Hope it is ok here.

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/waters-edge-the-crisis-of-rising-sea-levels/

As the seas rise, a slow-motion disaster gnaws at America’s shores
By Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson and Duff Wilson

Filed Sept. 4, 2014, 1 p.m. GMT
Part 1: A Reuters analysis finds that flooding is increasing along much of the nation’s coastline, forcing many communities into costly, controversial struggles with a relentless foe.

WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia – Missions flown from the NASA base here have documented some of the most dramatic evidence of a warming planet over the past 20 years: the melting of polar ice, a force contributing to a global rise in ocean levels.

The Wallops Flight Facility’s relationship with rising seas doesn’t end there. Its billion-dollar space launch complex occupies a barrier island that's drowning under the impact of worsening storms and flooding.

NASA's response? Rather than move out of harm’s way, officials have added more than $100 million in new structures over the past five years and spent $43 million more to fortify the shoreline with sand. Nearly a third of that new sand has since been washed away.
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Much more to Part I, I do not think Part 2 is out yet.
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The crisis of rising sea levels-Water’s Edge (Original Post) uppityperson Sep 2014 OP
Global warming is real and the proof is in melting icecaps and rising sea levels. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #1
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