The oceans have risen and fallen throughout Earth’s history, following the planet’s natural temperature cycles. Twenty thousand years ago, what is now New York City was at the edge of a giant ice sheet, and the sea was roughly 400 feet lower. But as the last ice age thawed, the sea rose to where it is today. We are again entering another warming phase in history, and most of it is because of the increasing amount of fossil fuels that the world is burning to keep up with the increasing demands of humans. Scientists conducted a study and they stated that even with the increasing amount of people trying to go green and stop emissions going into the atmosphere. But no matter how much people try to stop emissions the sea level will rise by atleast 5 feet. But the bright side is if we start working and preparing now we can limit the sea level to only a rise of 5 feet and states could prepare for the 5 foot increase.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/opinion/sunday/rising-seas-vanishing-coastlines.html?ref=environment
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