For flood-prone cities, seawalls raise as many questions as they answer
- Written by Gary Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Flooding caused by high tides in a Miami neighborhood on June 19, 2019.AP Photo/Ellis RuaThe oceans are rising at an accelerating rate, and millions of people are in the way. Rising tides are already affecting cities along low-lying shorelines, such as the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where sunny-day flooding has become common during high tides....
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