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1. Seas are rising sooner than you think.

Author

Voosen, Paul

Subjects
*SEA level & the environment, *CLIMATE change, *FLOODS, *GLACIAL melting, *SCIENCE & state
Abstract

The article discusses the implications to the U.S. of the rise in global sea level as a result of climate change. Topics discussed include the risk for flooding in the shorelines of the U.S., possible causes of rising sea level including the expansion of water at it heats and the melting of glaciers and ice sheets, and the government's policy challenges with regards to the sea level rise.

Published
2016
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2. Climate Alarmists May Inherit the Wind.

Author

McAleer, Phelim

Subjects
*PETROLEUM industry, *CLIMATE change, *GLOBAL warming & the environment, *SEA level & the environment, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Published
2018

3. Climate change could cost U.S. coasts $1 trillion by 2100.

Author

Kollipara, Puneet

Subjects
*CLIMATE change, *ECONOMICS, *COASTS, *SEA level & the environment, *TROPICAL cyclones
Abstract

The article reports that climate change could cost the U.S. coastal areas a total of 1 trillion dollars by 2100, according to a study reported in the "Climatic Change" magazine in December 2014. Topics covered include the combined effects of sea level rise and tropical cyclones on coastal property across the country, estimated by the researchers and the cost-effective policy measures that can be taken by the government to address climatic change such as the addition of more sand to beaches.

Published
2014

4. ENR Surveys Coastal Flood Mitigation.

Author

Tuchman, Janice L.

Subjects
*CLIMATE change, *SEA level & the environment, *COASTS
Abstract

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the climate-change adaptation, the sea-level-rise mitigation projects in the U.S., and the uncertainty in the coastline of the U.S.

Published
2017

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