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Surging Seas Sea level rise analysis by Climate Central Home About Maps & Tools Research Basics Responses News CLIMATE CENTRAL STUDY TRIPLES ESTIMATES OF WORLD POPULATION THREATENED BY SEA LEVEL RISE Hundreds of millions more people than previously estimated live on land at risk from coastal flooding linked to climate change; largest vulnerable populations concentrated in Asia Interactive Map | Report | Coastal DEM Data | Exposure Data | Coastal DEM in the News RISK FINDER & MAPChoose a completed state Alabama California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi North Carolina New Hampshire New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. GO Projections, analysis, comparisons, and downloadable data and local reports about coastal flood and sea level threats to people, property and infrastructure. For cities, counties, states, ZIPs, and much more. About | Video Tutorial | Tools Comparison | Custom Analysis | Science | Case Studies Climate Central/Zillow Report - Ocean at the Door: Rising Seas, Real Estate & Risk Building in coastal flood risk zones is outpacing safer development in some states. Interactive Map | Report | Sea Level Tool | Summary and Full Results MAPPING CHOICES See maps, images, and video fly-overs of the sea levels that different amounts of warming could lock in. About | Split Map | Animated Map | Images | Fly-over Videos | US Threats | Global Report | Science The Facts About Sea Level Rise Global warming has raised global sea level about 8 inches since 1880, and the rate of rise is accelerating. Rising seas dramatically increase the odds of damaging floods from storm surges. A Climate Central analysis finds the odds of century” or worse floods occurring by 2030 are on track to double or more, over widespread areas of the U.S. These increases threaten an enormous amount of damage. Across the country, nearly 5 million people live in 2.6 million homes at less than 4 feet above high tide — a level lower than the century flood line for most locations analyzed. And compounding this risk, scientists expect roughly 2 to 7 more feet of sea level rise this century — a lot depending upon how much more heat-trapping pollution humanity puts into the sky. Explore Search or navigate our interactive tools above to see maps of areas below different amounts of sea level rise and flooding, down to neighborhood scale, matched with area timelines of risk. The tool also provides statistics of population, homes and land affected by city, county and state, plus links to factsheets, data downloads, action plans, embeddable widgets, and more. Interested in supporting the Program on Sea Level Rise or Climate Central generally? Make a gift online or contact Barbara Charbonnet at 201-321-8301 or by email at barbcharb@climatecentral.org . Latest News & Updates New Coastal Risk Screening Tool Supports Sea Level Rise and Flood Mapping by Year, Water Level, and Elevation Dataset Published 3/12/20 Climate Central’s Portfolio Analysis Tool (PAT) estimates future coastal flood threat to Hard Rock Stadium Published 1/30/20 New study triples global estimates of population threatened by sea level rise Published 10/29/19 Ocean at the Door: New Homes and the Rising Sea Published 7/30/19 View More Receive Email Updates Climate Central About | Disclaimer | Licensing | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy |...