Weather.com - 11/5/12, Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer
People walk on North Carolina 12 away from the buckling of the highway, pounded by surf, leading into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C. on Oct. 30. AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley
North Carolina state legislators last summer ignored research that shows sea-level rise will accelerate its creep up North Carolina's coastline this century.
This week, waves of science will say they were wrong.
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