Sentences with phrase «flooded by seawater»

Would the negative consequences of capturing carbon be as bad as having the New York metro flooded by seawater again?

Overall, the team concluded, 2,660 square kilometers of the northern delta will be flooded by seawater by 2100 if the current rate of topographical deformation continues.

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The encroaching seawater threatens to flood hundreds of millions of people every year by 2100 as homes that are already below flood heights, or will be, succumb to climbing oceans.

However, in its 3 billion years old geological history, the Witwatersrand basin in South Africa has been covered by seawater, but experienced also episodes of drying out, flooding and erosion by rivers and the repeated coverage by seawater.

Sea - level rise threatens the long - term viability of island communities by exacerbating the impacts of coastal storms, flooding infrastructure and ecosystems, and contaminating freshwater supplies with seawater.

In Vietnam, a sea - level rise of one foot — which could occur as early as 2040 — could reduce agricultural production by around 12 percent in the Mekong Delta region due to flooding and seawater intrusion.

Coastal flooding is predominantly caused by storm surges that accompany hurricanes and other storms that push large seawater domes toward the shore.