Reuters analyzed millions of data entries and spent months reporting from affected communities to show that, while government at all levels remains largely unable or unwilling to address the issue, coastal flooding on much of the densely populated Eastern Seaboard has surged in recent years as sea levels have risen. These findings, first reported July 10, aren’t derived from computer simulations like those used to model future climate patterns, which have been attacked as unreliable by skeptics of climate change research. The analysis is built on a time-tested measuring technology – tide gauges – that has been used for more than a century to help guide seafarers into port. Fine work by Reuters data journo team -- Ryan McNeill and Charlie Szymanski) team and the enterprise team along with Troy Dunkley. reuters/investigates/special-report/waters-edge-the-crisis-of-rising-sea-levels/
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:06:08 +0000
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