Sea
level rise could send U.S. 'climate migrants' fleeing to
Austin, Atlanta
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Sea
level rise is typically thought of as a coastal problem, with cities from New York to San Francisco pondering new coastal defenses such as sea walls and sturdier buildings.*
However, by making large swaths of the
U.S. shoreline uninhabitable by the end of this century, sea
level rise could reverberate far inland, too. In fact, every single
U.S. state will be affected by climate change-induced sea
level rise, a new study found.
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If the global average sea
level rises by 1.8 meters, or nearly 6 feet, by 2100 — which is well within the mainstream projections from recent studies — 13.1 million Americans
could migrate away from coastal areas during this time period, according to research published Monday in the journal
Nature Climate Change. Read more...
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