The sea
level rise expected in the coming century will swamp the Everglades
unless current management is adjusted or climate change is curbed.
Today,
the sea level is rising at a rate of about 30 centimeters per century. Although
some of that increase results from melting glaciers and ice sheets, most comes
from the expansion of seawater as it warms, Harold R.
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