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Big coastal cities sink faster than seas rise
Description: While the threat of rising seas is well established, a phenomenon that is, in a sense, its opposite receives far fewer headlines: large coastal cities sinking faster than oceans can rise. That is the conclusion of a review article published by a team of scientists who recently assembled in New Orleans, La., and in Venice, Italy, to examine the problem. [Source: NASA Climate Change News]
URL: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2487/big-coastal-cities-sink-faster-than-seas-rise/
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Source: NASA Climate Change News
Publish Date: 9/7/2016
Reading Level: Basic
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