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'A very big problem': Rising sea levels will lead to significant displacement in coming decade

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-11-07

Because of climate change, rising sea levels could affect hundreds of millions more people in the coming decades than previously understood, with an estimated 150 million people currently living on land that will be below high tide by 2050, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-big-problem-sea-significant-displacement.html