New Scientist: Could the Big Apple soon be bobbing in sea water? A new study shows that sea level rise due to climate change in the next 100 years will be disproportionately high around New York and other cities of northeast US. Today, the sea level along the east coast of the US is lower than elsewhere, whereas further offshore the level rises sharply. This anomaly is caused by the balance of forces required for the flow of the strong Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current, both of which …