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Sea levels around the United States will rise up to a foot over the next 30 years due to climate change, as much as they have risen in the previous century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
For instance, sea level rise in the United States is likely to be two to three times greater than the global average by the end of the century. [12] [13] Yet, of the 20 countries with the greatest exposure to sea level rise, twelve are in Asia, including Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines. [14]
Thanks to climate change, sea levels along the coastline of the United States will rise between 10 and 12 inches by 2050, a new interagency U.S. government report concludes.
English: Bar chart showing NOAA's projection of sea level rise from 2020 to 2050 for the several coasts of the United States Data source: 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report. National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (February 2022). Archived from the original on November 29, 2022.
Dozens of cities along the US coastline are sinking at alarming rates, leaving them far more exposed to devastating flooding from sea level rise than previously thought, scientists reported ...
America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days ...
Sea level rise has taken place in the U.S. for decades, going back to the 19th century. 40% of the U.S. population live near a coast, and are vulnerable to sea level rise. For almost all coastal areas of the US, except for Alaska, the future rise in sea level is expected to be higher than the global average. [82]
The science panel relied on a 2022 report by a federal sea-level rise task force composed of several agencies, including FEMA, NOAA and the EPA, that aims to provide states and local governments ...