Facing the Storm: Researchers Model a New Line of Coastal Defense with Horizontal Levees

Facing the storm: Researchers model a new line of coastal defense with horizontal levees

As ocean levels rise, coastal communities face an ever-increasing risk of severe flooding. The existing infrastructure protecting many of these communities was not built to withstand the combined threat of rising seas and severe storms seen in this century.

Florida map shows cities where sea level rise is accelerating

Florida's largest cities are facing rising sea levels along the Gulf and the East Coast, according to new data.

The level of the sea will rise by about 30 centimeters in the next thirty years and by up to one metre by 2100, according to most scientific projections. And, even to a lesser extent, it will do so, predictably, even if carbon emissions are already drastically reduced, which will be difficult to do, in view of the evolution of policies that are being implemented in most countries of the world.

Sea levels still don’t do politics

Ken Huggins North Dorset Green Party Here’s one to give climate deniers a laugh, and get them triumphantly exclaiming that they knew all along it was rubbish.Brace yourself. It’s been calculated that global warming could make Europe colder.What did I tell you? Hilarious!But hang on a moment … before anyone laughs themselves too silly it’s worth asking how a northern ice age could be one of the consequences of global warming?I’ve written previous…