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Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating

"NASA satellites measuring ocean temperature and height indicate that average sea level has increased 3 millimeters a year since 1993, or about a foot per century. Researchers said the annual increase for the last 50 to 100 years was about 1.8 millimeters per year." - excerpt from the article at http://www.sgvtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,205~12220~2956259,00.html

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