Study: 5-meter rise in sea level would flood 23 federal buildings in ..

Study: 5-meter rise in sea level would flood 23 federal buildings in …
Fierce Homeland Security
Even though 5 meters exceeds the likely amount of sea–level rise for the next 100 years, the study (.pdf) says that level could be reached during storms. Affected buildings would include the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department …
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There’s No Question: Climate Change Made Superstorm Sandy Worse
The Atlantic Cities
“I keep telling people the one lock you have here is sea level rise,” meteorologist Scott Mandia explained to me recently. “It’s the one thing that absolutely made the storm worse that you can’t wiggle out of.” Mandia is an expert on the subject at …
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The Atlantic Cities
Climate Change Didn’t Cause Hurricane Sandy, But it Sure Made it Worse
Mother Jones
First of all, using Climate Central’s Surging Seas tool, [meteorologist Scott] Mandia estimated that 6,000 more people were impacted for each additional inch of sea level rise….Moreover, there is also reason to think that the second inch, so to speak …
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