Florida: Cities and hamlets along America’s eastern and western coastlines are more vulnerable to rising sea levels than previously estimated, according to a couple of new studies recently conducted by the experts in America.
The studies find up to 32 percent more coastal real estate vulnerable to a 1 meter rise in sea level, while the population exposed to rising water goes up by 87 percent.
The numbers vary by region, with south Florida, southern Louisiana and the Carolinas are topping the list of states with the most land to lose. Populations would be most heavily affected in Florida, Louisiana, California, New York, and New Jersey, the studies found.
During last 22 years, sea levels have risen due to global warming. During this century, levels are expected to rise by as much as 1 to 2 meters, depending on how much additional carbon dioxide humans pump into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels and from land-use changes.
Between now and the end of the century, sea-level increases that fall considerably below 1 to 2 meters still pose interim threats, the studies hold. Between now and 2030, the likelihood of experiencing a coastal flood will have more than doubled for at least two-thirds of the locations the studies cover. More than half of the locations could expect to see coastal flood.
Researchers from the University of Arizona and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also participated in these studies. Climate Central is a nonprofit climate-science and policy center based in Princeton, N.J.
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