Why sea stage rise after 2050 is a thriller : Short Wave : NPR

Drone view of homes in Summer Haven, a group in northeast Florida. Sea stage rise alongside Florida’s Atlantic Coast is projected to be totally different than alongside the Gulf Coast, or the Pacific, partially due to components like ocean currents, melting ice sheets, and oil extraction.

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How excessive will the ocean rise underneath local weather change? By 2050, scientists have a reasonably good thought. But why does it matter the place you reside? And what can people do to gradual it down?

NPR local weather correspondent reporter Rebecca Hersher talks to co-host Emily Kwong about how that future will play out in numerous components of the nation.

This story is a part of Nature Quest, our month-to-month phase that brings you a query from a Short Waver who’s noticing a change on the earth round them. This query comes from Peter Lansdale in Santa Cruz, Calif. 

Read extra of Rebecca Hersher’s reporting about local weather change, flooding, and catastrophe response right here.

To see what the way forward for the ocean will appear to be the place you reside, take a look at NOAA’s Sea Level Rise Viewer.

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This episode was produced by Hannah Chinn. It was edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez, and Berly McCoy. Tyler Jones checked the information. Jimmy Keeley was the audio engineer. Sam Paulson wrote and composed our Nature Quest theme music.