Boston harbor brings ashore a new enemy: Rising seas: Facing climate change, Boston must gird itself for an era of rising water — or be inundated
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The sea that surrounds Boston crept up nine inches in the 20th century and is advancing ever faster toward the heart of the city.

And as climate change accelerates, the pace of sea-level rise in Boston is expected to triple, adding eight inches over 2000 levels by 2030, according to a report commissioned by the city. The ocean might climb as much as three feet above 2013 levels by 2070, the report said.

From the NYTimes: With More Storms and Rising Seas, Which U.S. Cities Should Be Saved First?

As disaster costs keep rising nationwide, a troubling new debate has become urgent: If there’s not enough money to protect every coastal community from the effects of human-caused global warming, how should we decide which ones to save first?

Seas may be rising faster than thought. A new Tulane University study questions the reliability of how sea-level rise in low-lying coastal areas such as southern Louisiana is measured and suggests that the current method underestimates the severity of the problem.

From the HomeSecurityNewswire: Coastal Peril. Sea level rise and coastal development: Science speaks directly to business.

If you are an investor or a developer with an interest in coastal properties, you are being bombarded with evidence of climate change in the form of sea level rise and its consequences. In the academic community, many interested in the business of coastal development have begun to take into account information from climate scientists and have expressed frustration that government regulators are not doing so.

From Yankee magazine, this account of the effects of rising seas on the New England Coast: Rising Seas | New England Climate Change. New England was built upon the coast. Its fate will depend upon how well we adapt to a future that can no longer be ignored. How rising seas are changing the New England coastline.

Sea Level Rise Is Creeping into Coastal Cities. Saving Them Won’t Be Cheap.
Norfolk and Miami frequently see nuisance flooding now. The cost to protect them and other coastal cities in the future is rising with the tide.

Sobering account of the growing problem and the huge costs. Left untreated the problem will require triage.

New Orleans mayor: US climate change policy cannot wait for Trump. Mitch Landrieu says cities will lead as federal government is ‘paralysed’ NYC’s de Blasio backs push as Miami Beach shows anti-sea rise work