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On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...
Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused ...
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE in San Rafael’s poorest community are at a growing risk of being islanded by flood waters, with no ...
Seven U.S. cities—from Miami and New Orleans to New York—are identified as the most vulnerable to rising sea levels over the ...
As sea level rise in Olympia poses future risks, the city explores whether FEMA flood accreditation addresses property protection and insurance needs.
But while two feet may feel far off, experts say the impacts of rising tides and extreme rainfall are being felt now. The widespread street flooding from two gloomy days of rain last week in South ...
Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey ...
Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey Shore, the most practical solution is raising homes off the ground.
In the event of a sea level rise of one metre, half of the Netherlands would be under water without further measures, according to these scenario maps. Poorer countries such as Bangladesh are even ...
We surveyed over 700 UK residents in a nationwide study to understand how access to flood prediction maps, which indicate the relative risk of flooding for areas based on factors like sea-level ...
A new interactive map called the “Coastal Risk Finder” allows you to zoom into your neighborhood to see what water levels will be like in 20 years, 30 years, 40 years and so on.
Climate Central's Coastal Risk Screening Tool shows the areas around the globe that would be worst hit by sea level rise, with submerged areas in red. A 6.2-foot increase would submerge much of ...