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Sea Level Rise: When 1 in = 2 ft
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Sea levels will rise by the same amount all over the world, right? Wrong. Here’s why.
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Video description: NOVA examines the fate of the Neanderthals, our European cousins who died out as modern humans spread from Africa into Europe during the Ice Age. Did modern humans interbreed with Neanderthals or exterminate them? The program explores crucial evidence from the recent decoding of the Neanderthal genome.
Sea levels will rise by the same amount all over the world, right? Wrong. Here’s why.
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