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Despite sea-level rise risks, migration to some threatened coastal areas may increase. Credit: CC0 Public Domain
February 18, 2021
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In coming decades as coastal communities around the world are expected to encounter sea-level rise, the general expectation has been that people's migration toward the coast will slow or reverse in many places. However, new research co-authored by Princeton University shows that migration to the coast could actually accelerate in some places despite sea-level change, contradicting current assumptions.

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