This interactive graphic lets you see which cities in your state will be under water with current trends -- and whether any can be saved by deep cuts in climate pollution. Because there is a lag of decades between warming and the full sea level rise, for many locations, flooding is "locked in." You may find the graphic responds slowly.
Because I've been flying a lot, I'm particularly conscious of this:
Uhoh.Oakland International and San Francisco International Airport — the 7th-largest U.S. airport by passenger volume — were both built on land reclaimed from wetlands, and are about 10 feet above the current local sea level.
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That's creepy about the jellyfish, isn't it. Right now Hawaii is struggling with a huge flow of molasses off Oahu which has killed thousands of fish and damaged coral reefs.
As usual, we see a map of the U.S. that does not show Alaska or Hawaii!
Thanks for raising my consciousness about the maps!
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