With less than 14 inches of sea - level rise, most of the 90 U.S.
coastal cities studied outside of Alaska would see a 25-fold increase in disruptive and damaging flooding by around 2080, 2060, 2040 or 2030 under the low, intermediate - low, intermediate and intermediate - high scenarios, respectively.
Not exact matches
A recent
study by the Boston Consulting Group concluded that within the next five years, the total cost of production in many
coastal Chinese
cities will only be 10 % to 15 % less than in some parts of the U.S..
The council also passed legislation Wednesday that will force the
city to
study the impacts of extreme weather, including severe heat, rain storms and
coastal flooding, to help better prepare the
city for the next Hurricane Irene.
A 2008
study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development examined the risk of exposure to
coastal flooding caused by storm surge for 136 port
cities around the world.
The pipes, sewers and basements that lie beneath the
coastal city of New Haven, Conn., could be flooded by rising groundwater by the end of the century, according to a preliminary
study from Yale University and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Naomi Huig, one of the authors of the
study, commented that «the issue about gull nuisance is a recurring topic in press and politics that divides opinions in several
coastal cities.
The
study brings grim news for low - lying islands like Tuvalu in the South Pacific and
coastal cities worldwide.
The
study suggests the southern half of the
city and the
coastal bluffs, many of which are developed, would be hardest hit.
The researchers compiled urban development, flood hazard and census data and overlaid it on a map of the U.S.. Although their analysis shows that Americans in general have become more aware of the risk of floods over the 10 - year
study period, the researchers identified several U.S. hot spots where urban development has grown in
coastal flood zones including New York
City and Miami.
Extreme heat waves more intense than anything experienced so far on Earth will hit Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Doha, Qatar, and
coastal cities in Iran starting in 2070 if climate trends continue, the
study found.
According to a new
study, if oceans continue to change at an insanely fast rate, by 2100, sea levels will rise high enough to cause major problems for
coastal cities.
So some obvious differences within our
study were an inner
city school or an urban school, compared with a rural school or a
coastal school.
Some
studies have suggested that sea levels during that time were several meters higher than they are today; such an increase in sea levels would threaten, and could even inundate,
coastal cities.
But a new draft
study being published this week by a team of 17 leading international climate scientists warns that even 2 degrees of warming is «highly dangerous» and could cause sea level rise of «at least several meters» this century, leaving most of the world's
coastal cities uninhabitable.
A century from now, Mangalore
city in
coastal Karnataka will have the port most affected in India by the rise in sea levels caused by global warming, according to a recent
study by NASA... Read more
Other
studies have warned that by 2050
coastal flooding could be costing the world's
cities $ 1 trillion a year.
The new
study prompted a lapse into Ciceronian prose from the New York Times and an instant revision to sea level rise projection maps for
coastal cities worldwide, with many observers noting that, at current effort levels, humanity is veering dangerously close to the worst - case scenario.
Some
studies have concentrated on conditions for particular
coastal cities such as Charleston or Seattle, where the once - in -500-year floods could in the next century happen 273 times more often.
One 2013
study in Nature Climate Change estimated that average annual losses from flooding in the world's biggest
coastal cities could rise from $ 6 billion per year today to $ 1 trillion per year by 2050.
A recent World Bank
study on the effects of sea level rise estimated that a minimum of 57 million people would be displaced by a 1 - meter rise in sea level and many
coastal cities and communities would be at significant risk.
A previous
study revealed that this estimate alone could displace 13.1 million Americans in
coastal cities.
For example, a 2004
study calculated that a rise of 3 °C sustained over centuries would suffice to melt the Greenland ice cap and put the world's
coastal cities deep under water.)
Most recently he has been
studying how global climate change and related sea - level rise affect the risks from
coastal - storm surges, primarily impacts on infrastructure systems in global megacities, including the New York
City metropolitan region.
At the high end, the new
study estimates there's a 10 percent chance that seas will rise more than 8 feet this century — enough to flood nearly every
coastal city on Earth.
SciDevNet: Global damage from flooding could cost
coastal cities as much as US$ 1 trillion per year — and developing countries will be hardest hit, a
study warns.
A recent
study estimates that average annual losses from flooding in the world's biggest
coastal cities — including New York
City, Miami, New Orleans, Boston, and Tampa Bay — could rise to $ 1 trillion per year by 2050.
A century from now, Mangalore
city in
coastal Karnataka will have the port most affected in India by the rise in sea levels caused by global warming, according to a recent
study by NASA of 293 of the world's leading port
cities.
Two new
studies of the Hudson Landing development proposed for the
City of Kingston reveal the planned project violates policies adopted by the city in its Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and also is inconsistent with state coastal management guideli
City of Kingston reveal the planned project violates policies adopted by the
city in its Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and also is inconsistent with state coastal management guideli
city in its Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and also is inconsistent with state
coastal management guidelines.