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On the recordFebruary 24, 2009
about 125,000 years ago, when we had warming more or less at the same level that we are heading toward today, but that was for very different reasons, we had sea level rise of several meters.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper warns of potential sea level rise due to current warming trends.

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