Interactive: Port Cities Vulnerable to Rising Waters

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Interactive: Engangered Cities

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So your response to a headline like "Doctors Suggest Not Driving Off Nearest Cliff" would be "What doctors? Where is the balance?"

Natasha L of CA 5:14PM November 02, 2009

This is a complete scare story. Which "scientists" are predicting three feet of ocean rise? Where is the opposing viewpoints? Why has the sea been rising while the climate cooled for the past ten years? I'm disappointed in how unbalanced this story is from U.S. News.

Darrel Boesiger of NE 4:31PM November 02, 2009

Responsible People Say "May" when describing future events. Science ain't religion and it lacks the certitudes of a religion. No faith involved, just evidence.

Hlavin Kitheri of NY 2:12PM November 02, 2009

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