A new study suggests that sea levels are rising at an unprecedented rate and that the problem will continue well into this century.
"Sea level rise in the 20th century was truly extraordinary by historical standards," says Bob Kopp, an associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Rutgers University, and who is lead author on the study, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Sea levels rose by roughly 5½ inches in the past
