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November 27, 2012

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Figure 1: Waves batter a seawall at Woods Hole, MA during a hurricane in 1938. Photo credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Collections.

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About the author: Brenda Ekwurzel is a climate scientist and assistant director of climate research and analysis at UCS. She has expertise on many aspects of climate variability including Arctic Ocean and sea ice, wildfires, groundwater, and coastal erosion. She holds a Ph.D. in isotope geochemistry from Columbia University (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory). Subscribe to Brenda's posts

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