A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.
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The Army Corps of Engineers is planning a sea wall 6 miles long and flood gates. The infrastructure might protect downtown from a hurricane storm surge, but most of the area will still be vulnerable.
The triple whammy of the moon’s wobble, sea level rise and more intense storms will bring worse tidal floods into coastal communities in the 2030s. This includes in Australia.
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Lead - Pilot Deployments Program (AIMS); Professor (Queensland University of Technology; Adjunct), Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Miami
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Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona
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Professor of Ocean Sciences, University of Miami