The year is 7045. I have decided to travel back to New Jersey and see my family vacation condo in Seaside Heights. I am traveling down towards to parkway and see signs for beaches ahead. Based on memory, I should be in central NJ. The ocean should still be about an hour away. I pull over and speak to a young couple, asking them about how long ago this happened. They said the CO2 levels have been rising for thousands of years causing ice caps and glaciers to melt and the coastlines of countries around the world to shrink.
The water rising happened gradually, great-great-great-great grand parents had pictures in their home showing what the shores used to look like. Day by day, the water grows closer and efforts to change things have increased, but still there are many skeptics.
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