Cities hope for state guidance on sea rise

Virginian-Pilot: There's no shortage of studies on sea level rise in Hampton Roads. The binders would overwhelm a filing cabinet. They all agree the water is coming. After that, it gets a little murky. How high will it rise? How fast? Are historic trends accelerating? Is that in meters or feet? Does that include sinking land, subsidence? What if the Greenland ice sheet melts? What if the Gulf Stream slows down? While scientists embrace uncertainty, it's enough to make city planners and engineers a little......

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