As a part of Lewis County Public Library and Archives' Summer Reading Program "Oceans of Possibilities: Streaming through Lewis County," Vincent Valetutti spoke to program participants about sea level rise.

Mr. Valetutti, a retired engineer, brought a thirty-foot ruler that he created to help attendees visualize the scale at which sea levels are predicted to change. He spoke about the history of sea level rise, recorded almost continuously in Amsterdam since 1683. "The sea level rise over the last 200+ years, from 1807, is now more than 27 cm, or about 11 inches. In the 125 years before th...