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Extreme coastal flooding surges worldwide as rising seas rewrite 100-year odds
- June 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Human-caused sea-level rise has significantly increased the frequency of extreme coastal flooding worldwide, according to a new study led by a Tulane University researcher. The research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that coastal flooding events expected only once every 100 years are now, on average, about 12 times more likely to occur.
Originally published at Phys.org