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...certain it means that the sea, expanding as it heats up, will rise. Sure, says climatologist Tom Wigley of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., we can do things that temper the eventual extent of that rise--which could be as little as 4 in. or as much as 3 ft. by the year 2105--but we can do nothing about the sea-level increase to which the climate system is already committed. That's because big wheels in the atmosphere and ocean have started to turn. No matter what humans do, the oceans will continue...
...problem is, people don't much like floods, so they build levees, which keep sediments from washing out of the rivers. They also don't much like wetlands, so they drain them. As a result, the world's river deltas are sinking rather than rising. To a large extent, the increased impact of flooding in places like New Orleans and Venice is self inflicted...
...what extent is the U.S. economy at risk from higher oil prices...
...poverty rate. But with Florida's youth population growing at a faster rate than that of the elderly, many seniors are forging what some call a "partnership of the vulnerable," which child advocates say could be a model for other Sun Belt states. "People don't realize the extent to which kids' advocacy in this state is being driven by seniors," says Roy Miller, director of the private Florida Children's Campaign in Tallahassee. "They're tired of being labeled as the group that says no to kids...
...Toxic” and I’ll show you someone whose asexuality might rival Morrissey’s without his sense of melody: as you would be quick to agree, the song’s electronic flourishes and dynamic vocal performance are nonpareil today, even if to some extent the music is a product of some sort of attempt to create the aforementioned Madonna for the ’00s. The song, however commercial, however studio-staff heavy, evades the curse of boredom...