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Study: Sudden sea level surges threaten 1 billion. Nearly one quarter of the world's population live below 100 feet above sea level. The tsunami that happened in 2004 pulverized villages along the Indian Ocean and killed 230,000 people. A team led by E. Lynn Usery found out that a 100-foot rise of the sea level would cause 3.7 million square miles of land worldwide to be under water. Just a rise of 16 feet can affect 669 million people and 2 million square miles of land would be lost. As of now, there is no threat. The sea levels are only rising about 0.04 to 0.08 inches per year. If you want to learn more about this issue, you can go to http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/20/sea.levels.reut/index.html