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News Release 11-122
Fastest Sea-Level Rise in Two Millennia Linked to Increasing Global Temperatures
Rate is greater now than at any time during past 2,100 years
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Rising seas lap at the house in "Nights in Rodanthe," filmed during the field work.
Credit: Andrew Kemp, Yale University
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Expanse of salt marsh near Tump Point, N.C.; how long will its grasses remain above water?
Credit: Andrew Kemp, Yale University
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Andrew Kemp (in red) and colleague Simon Engelhart (in yellow) collect sediment cores.
Credit: Steve Culver, East Carolina University
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The Tump Point salt marsh was one of the study sites in the sea level rise research.
Credit: Andrew Kemp, Yale University
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Scanning electron microscope image of a common species of salt-marsh foraminifera.
Credit: Andrew Kemp, Yale University
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