Studies: Rising Oceans to Wreak Havoc this Century
<div class='node-body'><p>Rates of sea level rise due to global warming and climate change are increasing three-to-four times faster along highly populated sections of the US northeast Atlantic Coast than they are globally, according to a new <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3256&from=rss_home#.T-hScL-vXRY">US Geological Survey report</a> released Sunday in the journal <em>Nature Climate Change</em>.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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