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Sea Levels Rising at an Alarming Speed

Another bit of alarming climate news that most Americans will totally ignore:

The global sea level is rising 60 percent faster than previous reports issued by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to a new analysis of actual observed sea-level rise data recorded, performed by researchers in the U.S. (Maine), Germany and France.

Specifically, the new study, published late Tuesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters and online at IOP Science, finds that while “global temperature continues to increase in good agreement with the best estimates of the IPCC…The rate of sea-level rise of the past few decades, on the other hand, is greater than projected by the IPCC models.”

We'll just move away from the coastal areas or build walls to block the water because it's a lot easier than making an effort to produce less carbon.

Ugh.