Sea level rise and coastal flooding threaten affordable housing
The frequency of coastal floods around the United States has risen sharply in recent decades, and rising seas point to further acceleration in both tidal...
Moving a Costal Highway away from the rising sea
A Managed ' retreat ' Project
Rising waters threaten Great Lakes communities
Along a shoreline that stretches farther than the combined length of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, waters driven by climate change have risen as much...
“How long before my home goes underwater?”
“Do I have 20 or 30 years before my property floods?” is a typical question I get at least once a week. The other day...
Emissions Could Add 15 Inches to Sea Level by 2100, NASA-led Study Finds
An international effort that brought together more than 60 ice, ocean, and atmosphere scientists from three dozen international institutions has generated new estimates of how...
What country will disappear first…and the winner is….
In the Atlantic, the iconic Bahamas with dozens of inhabited islands are home to almost 400,000 people. A study published by Columbia University, puts the Bahamas literally...
250 million coastal dwellers will face rising floods
Once again, researchers confirm that coastal dwellers can expect worse floods, more often and more expensively. The post 250 million coastal dwellers will face rising floods...
Flooding from sea level rise could cost our planet $14.2 trillion, study says
If the world does nothing to mitigate sea level rise, coastal flooding will become so extreme and destructive that it could cause damage worth up...