Scary NASA study reveals how major coastal cities are rapidly sinking into the sea
The speed is more than enough to put human life and infrastructure at risk,” Alexander Handwerger, a landslide scientist at ...
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Parts of California Are Sinking, and It Could Worsen the Effects of Sea-Level Rise, NASA Study Finds
Parts of California’s coastline are sinking, according to a NASA-led study published earlier this year in Science Advances.
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Along With Its New Park, Ocean Beach Gets a Dunescaping
Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its ...
San Francisco's Upper Great Highway permanently closes to cars
Thursday marked the last full day that vehicles were allowed to drive on San Francisco's Upper Great Highway. The road permanently closed to traffic at 5 a.m. Friday in the first major step of ...
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NASA map reveals chilling impact of US cities with 40,000,000 people sinking into the ocean
In many parts of the world land is moving down faster than the sea itself is going up', explained the lead author of the ...
Study: Marin County’s sinking areas exacerbate sea-rise threat
Parts of some bayside communities in Marin are sinking at an accelerated pace, making them more vulnerable to threats from the rising sea, according to a federal study.
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Part of San Francisco Waterfront Highway to Become Pedestrian-Only in April
Two miles of the ‘Great Highway’ will be permanently closed to cars, in part due to erosion that makes the road unsafe for vehicles.