Sea level rise would inundate low-lying areas, drown coastal marshes and swamps, erode beaches, exacerbate flooding, and increase the salinity of rivers, bays, and aquifers throughout the world. ... NASA climatologists have shown that with global warming resulting from doubled CO2 or its equivalent, the frequency of days per year with temperature exceeding 100 F would increase from 1 to 12 days for Washington, D.C., 3 to 21 for Omaha, Nebraska, and 19 to 78 for Dallas, Texas. ...

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