Eric Maugendre about carbon on Nostr: The mean sea level rises but it does not plunge coastal cities under water. Coastal ...

The mean sea level rises but it does not plunge coastal cities under water.
Coastal cities flood when one event overtops the defences.
The number of such submersions already is increasing according to a scientific study:
Dangendorf, S., Sun, Q., Maduwantha, P. et al. "Human-driven sea-level rise has quadrupled the frequency of coastal sea-level extremes since 1900" (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02659-0

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