Six Hundred Million People Live within Ten Meters of Sea Level

A new study by scientists at Columbia University and in London reveals the extent to which sea level rise threatens the global population. This study (see: file attached) finds 600 million people living between sea level and ten meters in elevation, and 25 million of these are in North America. More than half of the population of Vietnam is included, as well as the entire population of the Maldives.

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