Nature World: Throughout the course of the 21st century, storm surge flooding will cause trillions of dollars in damage to the world's coastal regions unless protective measures are put in place, according to a new report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Currently, economic damages from storm surge flooding average between $10-$40 billion globally each year. But new research from the Berlin-based think-tank Global Climate Forum (GCF) and the University of Southampton suggests...