“Only far northern coastlines, including Alaska’s, will be spared for another decade or longer because these land areas are rising due to long-term geological processes,” NASA said.
Ben Hamlington of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory based in Southern California, is the co-author of the research study and leader of NASA’s Sea Level Change Team. He believes the findings should be of particular interest to coastal urban planners.
“From a planning perspective, it’s important to know when we’ll see an increase,” Hamlington said.
A high-tide flood tool can be found on the NASA team’s sea level portal. The flood tool will be updated soon with the findings from this study.
