by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Coastal communities are being forced to adapt to rising sea levels; however, San Francisco has an even bigger problem — sinking land. In a report published in Science Advances (07 Mar 2018: Vol. 4, no. 3, eaap9234 / DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9234), the Bay Area has to face both rising sea […]
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San Francisco Bay’s Double Whammy
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science
Also tagged exceedance probability, FEMA, flood insurance, flooding, floodplain, sea level rise
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