Flooding from below: The unseen risks of sea level rise
In a new paper focused on the coastal city of Dunedin, New Zealand, Cox and team demonstrate a method for predicting how sea ...
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Deserted villages, power cuts: Java’s sinking coast hits residents hard, as Prabowo plans 700km sea wall
Experts have raised concerns that it will take years before the sea wall can be ready, and that is if Indonesia manages to ...
Areas in California are sinking into the Pacific: Maps detail NASA study
A new study by NASA and NOAA reveals that certain areas in California are sinking while others are rising. The Central Valley ...
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Scary NASA study reveals how major coastal cities are rapidly sinking into the sea
New York City isn’t the only metropolis that’s ... the most affected with the land plunging by 8 inches a year due to groundwater withdrawal amid drought. Meanwhile, the ground in the Bay ...
Palos Verdes considers charging toll on famed coastal road to pay soaring landslide costs
Rancho Palos Verdes officials may impose a toll on Palos Verdes Drive South to help cover the cost of damage caused by an ...
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Cleopatra’s birthplace sees ‘dramatic surge’ in building collapses as sea level rises, study shows
The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria ... over the past 20 years, raising groundwater levels and bringing them into contact with the foundations of coastal buildings. The scientists also ...
Concern for groundwater management as summer heat and drought strain Perth's ecosystems
New research from the University of Western Australia has highlighted the impact of the 2023–24 summer's extreme heat and ...
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Ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is crumbling into the sea at an unprecedented rate
Coastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria, Egypt, over the past two decades.
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Areas in California are sinking into the Pacific: Maps detail NASA's study
Not all Californian coastal areas are moving lower. The Santa Barbara groundwater basin, which has been continuously replenishing since 2018, has rising areas of several millimeters per year ...