Missing The Boat On Global Warming

"Recently, an EPA-funded study predicted that massive coastal flooding could radically alter the landscape of Boston, my home city, by the end of this century. The Hub, which prides itself on the "if-you-don't-like-it-wait-a-minute" changeability of its weather, is not alone: the East Coast's problem is America's predicament, and the world's. Alas, few U.S. residents have yet to seriously consider the message.

...With change now the constant, it is high time and high tide to contemplate the fate of the half of our population who live on the nation's coasts.

...Real-estate pages throughout New England and elsewhere continue to feature developer portraits of forthcoming buildings jutting toward the ocean, as if the future were a mirage."

Thanks to Chris Steins