Climate Report Predicts Rising Seas Will Flood Coastal U.S. Cities

Post date: Jun 8, 2017 4:49:16 PM

A new study, Amplification of flood frequencies with local sea level rise and emerging flood regimes, predicts coastal U.S. cities will be deluged by frequent and massive floods unless greenhouse gas emissions are slashed dramatically. Researchers at Princeton and Rutgers University estimate that so-called once-in-a-century floods could become commonplace by 2050, with the risk of major flooding events increasing 40-fold.