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October 13, 2016

Next century will bring deep water to New York City
New Brunswick, NJ (SPX) Oct 13, 2016
New York City can expect 9-foot floods, as intense as that produced by 2012's Superstorm Sandy, at least three times more frequently over the next century - and possibly as much as 17 times more frequently, according to a paper published by scientists at Rutgers University, Princeton University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The paper was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study is based on a combination of historical data and computer model ... read more

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