Cities, Counties Get Ready To Deal With Sea Level Rise
- Josh Stephens
- Apr 12, 2022
- 9 min read
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report in February confirming, based on data collected in 2017, that the ocean is likely to rise 9 inches along the California coast by 2050 and up to 6 feet by 2100. As if on cue, a piece of Antarctica’s Conger widely described as “larger than New York City” broke away last month and is now drifting in the Davis Sea. If and when it melts and lends its full mass to the world’s oceans, California will lose just that much more coastline.
