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Article: Experts in climate change estimate rising sea levels.(Environment)(Tectonic activity and offshore extreme waves contribute to Oregon's coastal challenges)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 4, 2008
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Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard
NEWPORT - In a room built for 100 people at the Hatfield Marine Science Center library, an Australian-born expert on global warming gives a presentation about rising sea levels with all the sex appeal of a dry classroom lecture.
There are no slides of cities falling into the ocean, of millions migrating across bridges at capacity to escape flooded urban streets, of adorable overheated polar bears.
But that doesn't stop a standing-room-only crowd from spilling out into the hallways, requiring a separate room where overflow attendees of the free lecture can watch on video feed. If the causes of climate ...