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What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 1-foot rise within three decades and more frequent flooding

  • Written by Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona
imageTidal flooding is creeping farther into coastal towns like Alexandria, Virginia.Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Sea levels are rising, and that will bring profound flood risks to large parts of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts over the next three decades.

A new report led by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

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