Rising seas threaten 180 U.S. cities by 2100: study
Posted by JAC on 2/21/2011, 7:19 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. Previous studies have looked at where rising waters might go by the end of this century, assuming various levels of sea level rise, but this latest research focused on municipalities in the contiguous 48 states with population of 50,000 or more. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/16/us-climate-usa-cities-idUSTRE71F7HQ20110216 |
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