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Floods May Cost Coastal Cities $60 Billion a Year by 2050

2013-08-19 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: A little bit of sea level rise could go a long way to increasing flood risk for the globe's coastal cities. New research finds it's possible to reduce that risk, but not make it disappear completely. It also finds that cities not typically thought of as hot spots for sea level rise and flooding will actually be some of the biggest losers in a soggier future. Global sea levels have risen 8 inches over the past century. Some areas have experienced even greater amounts due to land subsiding due to...

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