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"It's the ultimate symbol of freedom in the U.S., but the Statue of Liberty is facing a disturbing future because of rising seas and a warming planet, according to a new report from the United Nations. And it's not alone."

The report details how drastic the effects will be on UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world...

https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/07/how-climate-change-is-affecting-world-heritage-sites/

"Imagine the Statue of Liberty, water lapping at her skirts. Or the Sydney Opera House, seawater filling its seats. Coastal areas around the globe are losing ground to the sea — and faster than ever. In the past quarter-century alone, the ocean has risen an average of almost 3 inches. With nearly half the world’s population living within 93 miles of a coast, and much of the globe’s commerce concentrated there, sea level rise looms as one of the greatest of all climate change..."

https://weather.com/science/environment/news/statue-liberty-risk-climate-change-sea-level-rise

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Up to 13 million people along US coasts could be displaced by the end of this century. Most live in the Southeast, especially Florida.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160314-rising-seas-US-climate-flooding-florida/

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v6/n7/full/nclimate2961.html

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