Providence Business News: Rhode Island and other coastal parts of the northeastern United States face some of the greatest risks from rising sea levels caused by climate change, a new study by Florida researchers warns. Changes to the Atlantic Ocean’s currents because of global warming will cause the ocean to rise by as much as 8 inches more on the New England and mid-Atlantic coast than in other areas by the end of the century, according to a computer-modeling study by researchers at Florida State University …