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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: New York, Boston "Directly in Path" of Sea Level Rise


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Major cities in the northeastern U.S. and Canada "are directly in the path of the greatest rise" in sea level if Greenland glaciers continue to melt due to global warming, a new study says. Above, an iceberg melts off Ammassalik Island in eastern Greenland on July 19, 2007.

Photograph by John McConnico/AP