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Map Shows States Most Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise

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Wunderground, 6/25/13, Terrel Johnson

In a warming world with rising sea levels, where will be the least vulnerable places to live?

As you can see in the image of the map below, the high-elevation states across the West and Midwest fare best, while the future of the comparatively lower-elevation states in the Southeast and Northeast (especially in New England) is a far less rosy one.

Map of U.S. states above sea level, by volume

Link: Wunderground.com

Alaska Glaciers Are a Major Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise

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Accuweather.com - 5/27/13, 5/25/13

 

 

New, in-depth research on glacier mass losses and their contribution to the rising sea level between 2003 and 2009 shows that the world's mountain glaciers have contributed just as much melt water to rising sea level as the the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

Much of Alaska glacier ice is located near the coast, making it more susceptible to climate fluctuations, according to the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.

 

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