2012 Rising Sea Levels Seen as Threat to Coastal U.S. (New York Times, 13 March 2012)
About 3.7 million Americans live within a few feet of high tide and risk being hit by more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades because of the sea level rise caused by global warming, according to new research.
By far the most vulnerable state is Florida, the new analysis found, with roughly half of the nation’s at-risk population living near the coast on the porous, low-lying limestone shelf that constitutes much of that state. But Louisiana, California, New York and New Jersey are also particularly vulnerable, researchers found, and virtually the entire American coastline is at some degree of risk.
2011 Rising Seas Will Affect Major US Coastal Cities by 2100, New Research Finds
2007 Nation Under Siege: Sea Level Rise at Our Doorstep [2030 Impact Study Best Use of Google in Color to Depict 1 Meter, 3 Meter, and 5 Meter Rise in Sea Level]
2003 (est) Does Sea Level Rise Matter to Transportation Along the Atlantic Coast?
2000 Maps of Lands Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise Modeled [Best for close-up vulnerability maps]
1989 The Effects of Sea Leavel Rise on U.S. Coastal Wetlands
Phi Beta Iota: There are multiple bottom lines on this continuing saga.
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