Following our note last month revealing that the world is unprepared for rapidly rising sea levels , a new study in the Nature Climate Change shows that rising sea levels are predicted to lead 13 million Americans to flooding and other dangers , by 2100 , three times higher than existing estimates . Though numerous studies have examined the impacts of rising sea levels on current populations , very few have taken growth in population size into account when assessing the future effects . The researchers in this report state ; " these results suggest that the absence of protective measures will lead to rapid population movements of a population similar to the 20th century Great Migration of southern African - populations . "
Following our note last month revealing that the world is unprepared for rapidly rising sea levels, a new study in the Nature Climate Change shows that rising sea levels are predicted to expose 13 million Americans to flooding and other dangers, by 2100, three times higher than existing estimates. Though numerous studies have reported the impacts of rising sea levels on current populations, very few have taken growth in population size into account when assessing the future effects. The researchers in this report state; "these results suggest that the absence of protective measures could lead to US population movements of a magnitude similar to the 20th century Great Migration of southern African-Americans."