How 2°C of Warming Could Reshape the U.S

Climate Central: If, as suggested by a comprehensive new review in the journal Science, 2°C of global warming would lock in at least 20 feet (6 meters) of eventual sea level rise, what would that warming mean for the future and heritage of the U.S.? It would mean a map we don't recognize: Louisiana would shed its boot, the Eastern seaboard would seriously retract, and the Bay Area would grow a second inland bay -- as the nation would lose more than 48,000 square miles of land, home today to 23.4 million people.......

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