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Need To Know | Climate Change at the Doorstep | PBS

Duration: 11:21
Program: Need to Know #142
Broadcast Date: Feb. 25, 2011

The city of Norfolk, Virginia, is already experiencing the effects of sea-level rise. Streets that used to flood only occasionally now fill with sea-water every time there's a full-moon. Need to Know reports on how one American city is dealing with a problem that may soon be on all our doorsteps.

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