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	Mysteriously High Tides on East Coast Perplex Scientists

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7-31-2009 7:09 PM

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8-1-2009 11:16 AM

Seosamh Dalzell

'From Florida to Maine...': So can we take it that the tides are normal in Atlantic Canada, that this phenomenon respects international boundaries?

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								<A target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/hightides/">Mysteriously High Tides on East Coast Perplex Scientists</A>
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The change has come too fast to be attributed to melting ice sheets or anything quite that dramatic, and it's a puzzle for scientists who've never seen anything quite like it.
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						"The ocean is dynamic. It's not uncommon to have anomalies like this but the breadth and the intensity and duration were unique," said Mike Szabados, director of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's tide and current program.
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"It's a bit of a mystery," he said.
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John Boon, professor emeritus of oceanography at Virginia Institute for Marine Studies, thinks it could be part of a long-term global trend that's tied in with the Pacific region's El Niño weather pattern.
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