It works, for a little while anyway. America is fighting rising sea levels with sand because we don't really have a better plan.

On both coasts, the United States' answer to coastal erosion is more beach sand. In just California: Newport Beach wants 200,000 cubic yards from the Santa Ana River. — Read the rest

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You've surely seen interactive maps showing the effects of the sea level rising, but Sliding Shores makes a game of it: you get a beautifully-rendered globe and a slider to raise or lower the oceans. There's a load of presets, from "oceans drained" to "drown Everest," a feat not even Waterworld managed. — Read the rest

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