Coastal flooding from sea-level rise and human activity could increase “several hundredfold” by 2100, researchers say this week in the journal Nature Climate Change.
This projected surge, then, could threaten U.S. cities from the Northeast to Texas, thanks to the impact of sea-level rise and the predicted increased frequency of large coastal storms taken together.
"When you look at hazards separately, it's bad enough, but when you consider the joint effects of two hazards together, you can get some surprises," said Radley Horton, a climate scientist at Columbia University's Earth Institute and a study coauthor,in a press release. "Sometimes, 1 plus 1 can equal 3."
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