claim: If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped
evidence: Potential effects include sea level rise of 110 to 770 mm ( 0.36 to 2.5 feet ) between 1990 and 2100, repercussions to agriculture, possible slowing of the thermohaline circulation, reductions in the ozone layer, increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, lowering of ocean pH, and the spread of tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.