Cities Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise
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Rising sea levels put various areas across the globe, as well as along the U.S. coastline, at risk for serious flooding, permanent loss of land and other impacts.
This figure appears in chapter 17 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.
http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highlights/regions/southeast/graphics/vulnerability-sea- level-rise
(Data from Hammar-Klose and Thieler 20011).
This figure was created on November 24, 2012.
This figure was derived from National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Future Sea- Level Rise: Preliminary Results for the US Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts. US Reports 99–593, 00-178, and 00-179.
