This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Flooding could affect one out of every 50 residents in 24 coastal cities in the United States by 2050, a study led by Virginia Tech researchers suggests. The study, published this month in Nature, shows how the combination of land subsidence—in this case, the sinking of shoreline terrain—and rising sea levels can lead to the flooding of coastal areas sooner than previously anticipated by research that had focused primarily on sea level rise scenarios.

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    A map by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals the areas of the U.S. that are most at risk from flooding and tsunamis as the sea level continues to rise. As climate change ...
    04/25/2024 - 5:08 am | View Link
  • U.S. East Coast adopts ‘living shorelines’ approach to keep rising seas at bay
    January brought a pair of rough storms to the northeastern U.S. They hit when the tides were high and pushed higher than normal by rising sea levels, setting numerous high-water records and prompting ...
    04/24/2024 - 5:32 am | View Link
  • An early glimpse of how coastal Mainers are adapting to a rising sea
    Residents of an oft-flooded pier in downtown Portland are aware of the bottom line: “The water is making the decisions for us.” ...
    04/23/2024 - 4:02 am | View Link
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    This story was reported by students in the University of Connecticut’s environmental journalism class, led by Professor Christine Woodside, an environmental writer and former Day ...
    04/21/2024 - 11:23 am | View Link
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    As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also becoming saltier and more corrosive. A recent study by earth scientists at the University of Hawai‘i (UH ...
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