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News Release 12-048
New Research Lowers Past Estimates of Sea-Level Rise
Projections for the future still loom large
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New explanation for why beach deposits in the Bahamas are 70 feet above sea level.
Credit: Paul Hearty
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Will the fate of the Bahamas in a time of sea-level rise mirror that of other coastal locales?
Credit: Government of the Bahamas
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The islands of the Bahamas and their fossil cliffs contain clues to sea-level rise.
Credit: NASA
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Eleuthera in the Bahamas: echoes of ancient climate change reverberate there.
Credit: NASA
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Will low-lying shorelines around the world--such as the Bahamas--someday be underwater?
Credit: Government of the Bahamas
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