Sentences with phrase «coastal cities around the world»
You might call this place ground zero in the effort to predict climate change, sea level rise, and the fate of coastal cities around the world.
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That means the end of many major coastal cities around the world.
Three feet would threaten many coastal cities around the world with frequent, powerful floods, as the mildest of storms could send water coursing through... Read More
Three feet would threaten many coastal cities around the world with frequent, powerful floods, as the mildest of storms could send water coursing through... Read More
The glaciers of West Antarctica are already responsible for the majority of the Antarctic continent's contribution to global sea level rise, and if these glaciers were to completely collapse, sea levels could rise by at least four feet, potentially inundating coastal cities around the world.
Such a rise would imperil coastal cities around the world.
The argument Hansen and his colleagues make is abrupt melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and Greenland portend a period of rapid sea level rise that could flood coastal cities around the world.
Antarctica's Whillans Ice Stream helps researchers predict climate change — and the fate of coastal cities around the world.