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... rising on the average of 1 / 25th of an inch every year . Such increases should not alarm anyone , unless , of course ... rise some 250 feet , and water would reach the nose level of the Statue of Liberty ! Lost Cities in the Sea Polar ...
... rising on the average of 1 / 25th of an inch every year . Such increases should not alarm anyone , unless , of course ... rise some 250 feet , and water would reach the nose level of the Statue of Liberty ! Lost Cities in the Sea Polar ...
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... rise and fall of the sea . About 19,000 years ago , according to Shepard , the seas were 300 to 400 feet below their present level . Earlier in prehis- toric time they were even lower , possibly as low as 500 feet under the present ...
... rise and fall of the sea . About 19,000 years ago , according to Shepard , the seas were 300 to 400 feet below their present level . Earlier in prehis- toric time they were even lower , possibly as low as 500 feet under the present ...
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... rise in the sea level at Galveston , Texas , has been 41⁄2 inches since 1940 , but the real rise has been something less because the land has settled there . In some areas the situation is reversed . The land is rising to such an extent ...
... rise in the sea level at Galveston , Texas , has been 41⁄2 inches since 1940 , but the real rise has been something less because the land has settled there . In some areas the situation is reversed . The land is rising to such an extent ...
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