University of Pennsylvania international team of environmental scientists has concluded that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century than at any time in the past 4,000 years. This is happening more so in current years as sand is being lost to subsidence as the earth continues to rise in response to the removal of the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period. Most likely this will be increasing year by year. This is not something to look forward to as it leads to shoreline erosion, loss of wetlands, and threatens coastal populations.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210111156.htm
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