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Sea Levels Impact of Climate Change
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Impact of Climate Change:
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Over 800 colleges and universities, K-12 schools, civic organizations and religious groups are participating in Focus the Nation, potentially the largest simultaneous teach-in in history. (READ MORE) |
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An
increase of 5 degrees actually means an increase of only one
or two degrees at the Equator, but more than 12 degrees at
the North Pole, and a large increase on the periphery of Antarctica
as well.
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[An
Inconvenient Truth] |
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News |
| Sea Level Rise Could Flood Many Cities |
| AOl News (Sept. 22, 2007) |
| Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting. In about a century, some of the places that make America what it is may be slowly erased. |
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| Hurricane Katrina Progression
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| http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003200/a003224/a003224_320x240.mpg |
| Hurricane Katrina progression is observed by the Aqua and Terra satellites. Katrina hit land on August 29, 2005, near the Louisiana-Mississippi border. Katrina's center was located near the mouth of the Pearl River about 40-45 miles west-southwest of Biloxi, Mississippi and about 30-35 miles east-northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. Katrina is the eleventh named storm of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season. |
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