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The awesome challenge of coastal inundation

Posted on 30 January 2018 by Peter Boyer

A significant increase in Antarctica’s contribution to sea-level rise raises the prospect of a 1 metre to 1.8 metre sea level rise within a human lifetime. That should be raising alarm bells among authorities and planners. A giant is stirring to … Continue reading →

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