Tagged: Sea Levels

Charlotte Talks
12:00 am
Thu November 1, 2012

Rising Sea Levels

Credit Flickr/go_greener_oz
Taken on a beach in Australia. One prediction of where rising sea levels will end up. Some scientists say our predictions are far too conservative.

Sea levels all over the east coast are rising. There is generally no dispute about that. But there is much debate about how high our Atlantic sea levels will rise, how fast it will happen and what affect it will have on our coast and the eastern seaboard. We begin a series exploring the biggest geological and geopolitical topics in current times. First up, Dr. Rob Young, an expert on sea levels who says that current predictions could be far short of potential rising seas. We meet Dr. Young and learn more about rising sea levels when Charlotte Talks.

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