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For some in New Jersey, sea level rise is never far from the mind. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides readers an interactive tool to see what future rising temperatures could mean for melting ice and by extension rising ocean levels across the Jersey Shore and further. “Increased carbon emissions are increasing atmospheric and ocean heating that is melting land-based ice sheets and glaciers and causing thermal expansion of the ocean resulting in coastal sea level rise along most U.S. coastlines,” William Sweet, a NOAA oceanographer, told NJ Advance Media on Wednesday….

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