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Sea Level Rise

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Sea Level Rise and Archaeological Sites: The Case of Jamestown, Virginia

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Sea Level Rise and Archaeological Sites: The Case of Jamestown, Virginia

Earlier this week National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” had a story on the threat of on-going and accelerating sea-level rise to the archaeological site of the early 17th century English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.

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Way Down Below the Ocean…Rising Sea-Level and the Atlantean Realms of the Post-Glacial World

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Way Down Below the Ocean…Rising Sea-Level and the Atlantean Realms of the Post-Glacial World

Sea level has been rising since the glaciers of the last ice age began to melt about 18,000 years ago.  In December 2012, in National Geographic, Laura Spinney brought us a story on evidence for this that has been recovered from the North Sea and adjacent estuaries and shores.