Water world by 2050? Scientists sound alarm
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Coastal areas currently home to 300 million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made worse by climate change, no matter how aggressively humanity curbs carbon emissions, scientists said recently. By mid-century and beyond, however, choices made today will determine whether Earth's coastlines remain recognizable to future generations, they reported in the journal Nature Communications. Destructive storm surges fueled by increasingly powerful cyclones and rising seas will hit Asia hardest, according to the study.
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Water world by 2050? Scientists sound alarm. ( 2019, November 7). Manila Bulletin, p. B-6.
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