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Update on Sea Level Rise From Global Warming

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I've been posting about global warming since 2014 .  I haven't recently posted because of the pandemic.  I didn't want to post bad news during a time of really bad news.  There doesn't to be any end to the pandemic in sight, but life has reached some kind of abnormal normal, so I will begin global warming posts.  Today's is about a frequent topic, rising sea levels , because, as I've mentioned in the past, this will likely be the first to generate some impact on people's opinions.  This will likely be so because it is economic.   The New York Times has published an article about the impact of rising sea levels on coastal housing prices.   If rising seas cause America’s coastal housing market to dive — or, as many economists warn , when — the beginning might look a little like what’s happening in the tiny town of Bal Harbour, a glittering community on the northernmost tip of Miami Beach. With single-family homes selling for an average of $3.6 million , Bal