Map Of Us After Sea Level Rise
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Map of us after sea level rise. We always hear about island nations suffering from sea level rise. Geological survey has predicted in the most extreme scenario possible is about 260 feet or 80 meters. Interactive map of sea level rise. A new interactive map tool from the union of concerned scientists lets you explore the risk sea level rise poses to homes in your congressional district and provides district specific fact sheets about those risks.
The social vulnerability index which shows areas of high human vulnerability to hazards is based on population attributes from census 2010 e g age and poverty and the built environment. And so any of the maps that i ve made will be at. All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and. For example when the global atmospheric co 2 level reaches 930 gigatons boston will be due for about 9 feet of sea level rise.
Explore the interactive map. But the risks are real in the united states as well. The sea level rise that the u s. Areas currently already subject to coastal flooding.
In addition to overall flooding estimates users can see the relative social vulnerability of coastal regions. The report findings are based on coastaldem a new digital elevation model developed by climate. Users can simulate inundation associated with one to six feet of sea level rise at various scales along the contiguous united states coast except for the great lakes. This map viewer illustrates the scale of potential coastal flooding after varying amounts of sea level rise.
By overlaying social and economic data on a map that depicts sea level rise a community can see the potential impact that sea level rise can have on vulnerable people and businesses. The radically transformed map would lose 28 800 square miles of land home today to 12 3 million people. No matter where you live along the coast chances are that rising seas will begin to reshape your community to one degree or another in the coming decades. That s enough water to cover 25 percent of the city during high.
Sea level rise and coastal flooding impacts. Map of the united states indicating high risk flood areas with sea level rise. And the different levels of confidence with which predictions can be made in. The maps here show the world as it is now with only one difference.
The maps are produced using detailed elevation maps with local and regional tidal variability.