A recent article in
Newsweek, titled “
Map Shows US Cities That Could Be Underwater in 2050,” claims that a number of major cities will be submerged beneath rising seas by 2050 if humans don’t stop climate change. This is false, as false as when the same claims were made by multiple media outlets repeatedly over the preceding decades leading up to 2000 and 2020. None of those cities is even close to being “underwater,” or even having the coastal waters lapping at their streets, parking lots or buildings.
Newsweek points to data and a map produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (
NOAA):
A map shows the growing threat to coastal cities across the Northeast United States due to rising sea levels.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (
NOAA)’s latest projections,
sea levels along the U.S. coastlines are projected to rise, on average, around 10 to 12 inches by 2050.
Many communities along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts face significant risks of partial inundation in the future if current trends continue and mitigation efforts are not intensified.
NOAA’s
Sea Level Rise Viewer shows which cities may be impacted along each coast, with dark blue areas indicating significant projected sea level rises.
Newsweek cites the map below to provide an image reflecting the alarming projections:
A recent article in Newsweek, titled “Map Shows US Cities That Could Be Underwater in 2050,” claims that a number of major cities will be submerged beneath rising seas by 2050 if humans don’t stop climate change. This is false, as false as when the same claims were made by multiple media outlets...
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