Rising Seas Could Deluge US Coastal Cities Sooner Than We Thought
Mother Jones
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This story originally appeared on Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Boston and other coastal cities may want to batten down the hatches. A new study from climate scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Pennsylvania State University warns estimates of future sea level rise may be significantly underestimated. The real picture 100 to 500 years from now, they claim, will be ugly for US coastal cities from New York to Miami, which could be underwater or at risk of flooding. Boston, for example, could see about 5 feet of sea level rise in the next 100 years, according to the researchers.
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Rising Seas Could Deluge US Coastal Cities Sooner Than We Thought
