- Improved global dataset uses machine learning and reveals some coastal elevations lower than previously understood. Within 30 yrs, rising sea levels could push chronic floods higher than land currently home to 300M people. By 2100, areas now home to 200M could fall permanently below high tide line. https://climatecentral.org/news/report-flooded-future-global-vulnerability-to-sea-level-rise-worse-than-previously-understood 6 comments science
Linking pages
- Lagos floods: Africa's most populous city could be unlivable in a few decades, experts warn | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/africa/lagos-sinking-floods-climate-change-intl-cmd/index.html 300 comments
- Opinion | Trump’s greatest dereliction of duty — his disgraceful denial of climate change - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/05/trumps-greatest-dereliction-duty-his-disgraceful-denial-climate-change/ 8 comments