Sea-level Rise May Pose Greatest Threat to Northeast U.S., Canad...

Courtesy NSF News  Wed, 05/27/2009 - 11:45

An aerial view of Long Island shows its low-lying shores, vulnerable to sea-level rise effects.

The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax and other cities in the northeastern United States and Canada, according to new research.

Results of the study are being published this week in Geophysical Research Letters . They suggest that moderate to high rates of ice melt from Greenland may shift ocean circulation by about 2100, causing sea levels off the...

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