The crisis of rising sea levels-Water’s Edge
This is a long, detailed piece interesting investigative journalism and couldn't figure out which forum to share it is so picked this one. Hope it is ok here.
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/waters-edge-the-crisis-of-rising-sea-levels/
As the seas rise, a slow-motion disaster gnaws at Americas shores
By Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson and Duff Wilson
Filed Sept. 4, 2014, 1 p.m. GMT
Part 1: A Reuters analysis finds that flooding is increasing along much of the nations coastline, forcing many communities into costly, controversial struggles with a relentless foe.
WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia Missions flown from the NASA base here have documented some of the most dramatic evidence of a warming planet over the past 20 years: the melting of polar ice, a force contributing to a global rise in ocean levels.
The Wallops Flight Facilitys relationship with rising seas doesnt end there. Its billion-dollar space launch complex occupies a barrier island that's drowning under the impact of worsening storms and flooding.
NASA's response? Rather than move out of harms way, officials have added more than $100 million in new structures over the past five years and spent $43 million more to fortify the shoreline with sand. Nearly a third of that new sand has since been washed away.
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Much more to Part I, I do not think Part 2 is out yet.