> The sea level is rising, but that's not why beach houses fall in the
ocean.
> That's just the normal process of beach erosion.  The rise in the sea
level
> is less than an inch per decade.
>
>"Normal beach erosion".   The beech does not erode unless waves hit it.  he
>waves are stronger if the sea level is rising.  This is not a temporary
>thing.  They moved an old light house back a few hundred yards because of
the >problem.  In any case, can we afford to gamble that there is no
problem?


Time addresses the issue of global warming and its consequences in a special
report in their latest issue:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104617,00.html

Barbara

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