The authorities must not only reopen the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, but also ponder whether to put up sea gates or install inflatable plugs to protect it.
They concluded there was a one-in-20 chance that the melting ice would drive up sea levels by more than 84cm, essentially saying there is a 95% chance it would not go above this figure.
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And while towns fortify beaches and dunes and put up sea walls, rock barriers or even sand-filled fabric tubes to guard against future storms, state governments are readying hundreds of millions of dollars to buy out homeowners in flood-prone areas who want to leave.
While ice reflects around 80 percent of the sun's heat, having a cooling effect, blue sea water can absorb up to 95 percent of solar radiation, warming up the sea and accelerating the melting process further.
On the road up from sea level, signs of volcanic activity are everywhere.
Sections of fence have been put up with sea buckthorn planted behind, which has caught the sand and created new dunes.
Changes in the winter wind field broke up floating sea ice to create cracks that suggest the "opening of a Venetian blind, " said Dr Serreze.
Evergreens scattered throughout the mountains break up the sea of yellow.
Da Gama achieved fame and fortune when he led the 1497 expedition that opened up the sea route to India, which had long been the source of the spices that were in demand among European aristocracy.
Every other girl in the class turned up in a sea of pastel-coloured nylon.
As the disappointments piled up, a sea change in investor attitudes appeared to be taking place.
But some also end up back at sea, being exported to Europe and North America.
Within a thirty mile stretch of where I am writing the rocks jutting up from the sea are green.
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From 2002, the Luzon grid will have 2, 700 MW more capacity coming onstream - or, rather, up from the sea.
You would also end up in the sea or across a disputed border before your EV runs out of juice.
The swirling green mound rises up from a sea of mud and rubble - an extraordinary sight not yet properly visible from the ground.
Growing up beside the sea Peter found himself drawn to Martin Parr's ground breaking, and indeed controversial look at the seaside resort of New Brighton.
In 2005, a Tunisian passenger plane ended up in the sea as it was forced to make an emergency landing off the coast of Sicily.
And much of the oil that has leaked out of the Jessica will end up on the sea floor where it will pose further threats.
Early-morning swimmers in the hotel's huge pool, which is surrounded by four storys of rooms, were swept out and up as the sea poured in through every passageway and corridor.
Although Israel indicates that it will now substantially ease the flow of goods across its own land-crossings into Gaza, its officials say there will be no let-up in the sea blockade.
The registered charity said the skills developed over the decade could then be sold abroad, as the oil and gas experience built up in North Sea oil fields is now being sold across the world.
Settling into my four-poster bed, I'm lulled by the sound of the wind spiralling up off the sea, joined by the faint creak of a rocking chair and, just perhaps, the slightest click of a key turning in a lock.
The jet blew up over the Irish Sea en route from Canada to London.
Eight other platforms have shut down with up to 27 North Sea fields affected.
He just grabbed a lamppost and he found himself a flow of sea water up to his waist pushing him with maximum pressure.
Then you will be ready to hike in craggy Parc du Saguenay or sea kayak up the fjord with tour operator Mer et Monde.
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