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Vanishing Glaciers, Rising Seas, and More Street Flooding in Low-Lying New York City Neighborhoods
A guest post by Dr. Vivien Gornitz The Okjokull glacier in Iceland is no more. In 2014, Oddur Sigurosson, a prominent Icelandic glaciologist, declared that the remnant ice was too thin to qualify as a glacier. A plaque erected … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, flooding, glaciers, Gornitz, ice sheets, New York City, NPCC, Rockaway Peninsula, sea level rise, spring tide, tides
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