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Human-Driven Sea-Level Rise Has Increased Frequency of Extreme Coastal Flooding, Study Says
Researchers say climate change and rising seas have made once-rare coastal flood events far more common, with 58% of extreme water-level days linked to warming in one study.
- On Wednesday, a new study in Nature Climate Change reported that human-driven sea-level rise has made historically rare extreme coastal flooding about 12 times more likely to occur.
- Human-Caused warming has been the primary factor behind rising sea levels since the 1960s, according to a Science Advances study that found climate change responsible for 58% of extreme water level days between 2000 and 2018.
- For nearly half the sites examined, 100-year flood events became at least 10 times more likely by 2005, with Wellington experiencing far greater increases in flood frequency than the global average.
- Supplied Victoria University professor James Renwick said the findings underline the need for "urgent adaptation," noting that the climate change signal is now detectable worldwide and affecting coastal inundation.
- Waikato University environmental planning research associate Rob Bell explained that even minor sea-level rise can rapidly escalate flooding frequency in New Zealand, emphasizing the necessity of updated flood protection planning.
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