TIL about sea level rise, part 1
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Can We Stop the Sea Level Rise?
When ice melts off in Antarctica, a lot of that water ends up flowing into the northern hemisphere. Around New York City and Miami, sea level has risen about a foot over the 1900s. In certain coastal communities of North Carolina and Virginia, it's already risen by about a foot and a half. And this is still happening, the seas are still rising. But because human activity is driving the sea level rise, we actually can slow it down.
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