About this episode

This episode discusses the intensified sea level rise affecting large coastal cities due to the combined effects of rising oceans and land subsidence.

Sea Level Rise numbers just got more intense for large coastal cities, thanks to the double whammy of rising oceans and sinking ground levels. Subsidence more than doubles sea-level rise today along densely populated coasts | Nature Communications Sea levels rising dramatically in some areas due to land subsidence Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kory, Kellan

Topics covered

• sea level rise
• coastal cities
• subsidence
• environmental science
• climate change

Keywords

• sea level rise
• coastal cities
• subsidence
• climate change
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nature Communications

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