James Hansen

Columbia University

Guest

Adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University; former director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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Rising sea levels already cause flooding in many American cities. Increasingly high tides at coastal military bases pose a threat to national security.

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Rising sea levels already cause flooding in many American cities. Increasingly high tides at coastal military bases pose a threat to national security.

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