A new report from Climate Central presents troubling data to suggest that rising sea levels , a result of global warning, could cause significant areas of the U.S. coastline to be flooded by the end of the century. The report, “Surging Seas: Sea level rise, storms & global warming: a threat to the US Coast” highlights risks posed to Florida and Louisiana, and found that California, New York and New Jersey are also particularly vulnerable to rising tides. Noting that “Global warming has raised sea level about 8 inches since 1880,” the report’s authors found that scientists expect the seas to rise another 20-80 inches by 2100, dependent on the rate that climate change progresses. Read the rest of New Report Finds 3.7 Million U.S. Residents at Risk from Rising Sea Levels Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: carbon emissions , century floods , century storms , climate central , Climate Change , coal pollution , coastal inundation , florida flooding , global warming , louisiana flooding , melting glaciers , national elevation dataset , national oceanic atmpospheric administration , new york flooding , rising tide , Sea Levels , surging seas , urban flooding
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New Report Finds 3.7 Million U.S. Residents at Risk from Rising Sea Levels