Rising seas likely to flood U.S. history by Delia Cruceru

In 100 years many historical sites and populated places from around America will be below sea with one meter or 39 inches, according to scientists at the University of Arizona, who relied on data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The lead author of the February report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Paris, a climatologist from the University of Victoria, Andrew Weaver said "We're going to get a meter and there's nothing we can do about it. It's going to happen no matter what â€" the question is when." But not only the sea level rise will be the problem, hurricanes and powerful storms are threatening too. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona said that the sea level will rise in just the lower 48 states and it would put about 25,000 square miles under water. This year's flooding from New York subways will become something usual, both runways to the LaGuardia Airport would be partly underwater. Scientists even predict that the sea will inundate Battery Park City, and waves will touch the base of the new Freedom Tower. "This is no joke," said Malcolm Bowman, who leads a storm surge research group at Stony Brook University.. "With a three-foot headstart, even a medium-sized storm surge could wipe out tens of thousands of homes in low-lying parts of Brooklyn and Long Island." Part from cities like Boston, Miami, New Orleans, San Francisco and Texas will become history leaving nothing for the future, only pictures.

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by Delia Cruceru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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