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While sea levels have risen about 12 inches during the last 100 years, Williams said that the rate of sea level rise has doubled in the last 20 years, the result of melting glaciers.

Williams also said beach replenishment for Maryland and Delaware beaches aren't going to help if sea levels rise by as much as 3-5 feet around the world in the decades to come.

In Arctic, Greenpeace picks new fight with old foe

While Greenpeace is sometimes accused of being “alarmist,” environment and climate activists in general applaud the group for calling attention to global warming issues. Their activities don’t always resonate well, however, with some of the indigenous communities in the Arctic.

The Inuit seal hunters of Greenland, for example, blame Greenpeace campaigns against seal hunting for nearly wiping out the demand for seal skins, a key part of their income.

Ove Karl Berthelsen, Greenland’s minister for oil and minerals, said he was skeptical of Greenpeace’s claims to be acting in defense of indigenous communities.

“People here see through it,” Berthelsen said. “Their star is not very high up here.”

Rising Seas: How Climate Change Drives Sea Rise - NAM

RISE is a multimedia project that documents how climate change is affecting human lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through webstories, the series profiles men and women living along the water, and what they are doing to respond to the changes.

Has the Environment Become a Non-Issue in the 2012 Presidential Race?

[Climate hoax promoter Brad Plumer] Consider, for instance, today’s transcendent issue: global warming. (July was the hottest month on record in the United States.) Many scientists increasingly warn that the world won’t be able to curb greenhouse gases quickly enough to prevent a 2-degree Celsius rise in global temperatures, which might already be enough to raise sea level off of New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C., a few feet by 2100.