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Map Shows States Most Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise [1]

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Submitted by Desert Gypsy on Wed, 06/26/2013 - 09:13

Wunderground, 6/25/13, Terrel Johnson

In a warming world with rising sea levels, where will be the least vulnerable places to live?

As you can see in the image of the map below, the high-elevation states across the West and Midwest fare best, while the future of the comparatively lower-elevation states in the Southeast and Northeast (especially in New England) is a far less rosy one.

Map of U.S. states above sea level, by volume

Link: Wunderground.com [2]

Tags: 

  • climate change [3]
  • sea rise [4]

Category: 

  • Earth & Space Weather [5]

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/map-shows-states-most-vulnerable-sea-level-rise
[2] http://www.wunderground.com/news/map-shows-states-most-vulnerable-sea-level-rise-20130625
[3] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/climate-change
[4] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/sea-rise
[5] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/type-post/earth-space-weather