Melting glaciers in Antarctica and
Greenland may cause sea levels to rise by more than 3 feet by the end of this century.
This rise in sea level would force millions of people in low-lying countries
such as Bangladesh, swamp atolls in the Pacific Ocean, cause dikes in Holland
to fail, and cost coastal mega-cities from New York to Tokyo billions of
dollars for construction of sea walls and other tools to stop the tides from
coming in. Although there is only a 5% chance of this occurring, it is still a
very bad situation. The other 95% is estimated at the sea level rising about 1
foot.
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