Rising seas create a higher baseline for future storm surges. The New York City Panel on Climate Change … - Nicholas D. Kristof

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I'm still terrified of flying. I really have to get drunk to fly. I've found that I've developed fears I never had before. . . fears of heights, claustrophobia. . . only in cities, though, never in the country.

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Rising seas create a higher baseline for future storm surges. The New York City Panel on Climate Change has projected that coastal waters may rise by two feet by 2050 and four feet by the end of the century.

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