WASHINGTON — The northeastern U.S. coast is likely to see the world’s biggest sea level rise from man-made global warming, a new study predicts. However much the oceans rise by the end of the century, add an extra 8 inches or so for New York, Boston and other spots along the coast from the mid-Atlantic to New England. That’s because of predicted changes in ocean currents, according to a study based on computer models published online Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. An extra 8 inches - on top of a possible 2 or 3 feet of sea rise globally by 2100 - is a big deal, especially when nor’easters and hurricanes hit, experts said. ‘It’s not just waterfront homes and wetlands that are at stake here,’ said Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, who wasn’t part of the study. ‘Those kind of rises in sea level when placed on top of the storm surges we see today, put in jeopardy lots of infrastructure, including the New York subway system.’ For years, scientists have talked about rising sea levels due to global warming - both from warm water expanding and […]