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On the recordDecember 7, 2015
Observation--not models, not projections, not dogma, but the data--tells us that the average global sea level is rising at about the rate of 3.2 millimeters a year since 1993.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Bill Nelson highlights the importance of data in understanding sea level rise.

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