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A Sea Change in Climate Politics
Something strange has happened in Florida: Rising seas have changed GOP views.

http://legal-planet.org/2016/03/21/a-sea-change-in-climate-politics/

There was a surprise question about climate change at the last Republican debate. What was surprising wasn’t the question itself. Instead, it was the source of the question: Tomás Regalado, the Republican mayor of Miami. It turns out that this wasn’t a fluke.

Regalado and the Republican mayor of Miami Beach have spoken out in an op. ed. about climate change:

“The overwhelming scientific consensus is that the rising sea levels are caused by the planet warming, that the burning of fossil fuels is driving this warming, and that we need to act quickly to avoid the worst impacts ahead.

These are the facts. We shouldn’t waste time debating them.”

Or consider this, from a Republican Congressman:
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article41324724.html

“Rising sea levels and the erosion of our coastal communities have made it abundantly clear that South Florida is at the frontline of climate change. . . . If we want to diminish the impact that greenhouse gases will continually have on our planet over the next century, the effort to constrain carbon emissions must be expanded.”
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Below is an interactive map of the rising water levels all over the world

http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/