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Climate Report Predicts Rising Seas Will Flood Coastal U.S. Cities

HeadlineJun 08, 2017

In climate news, a new study predicts coastal U.S. cities will be deluged by frequent and massive floods unless greenhouse gas emissions are slashed dramatically. Researchers at Princeton and Rutgers University estimate that so-called once-in-a-century floods could become commonplace by 2050, with the risk of major flooding events increasing 40-fold.

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