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Planners in southeast Florida try to awaken state to sea-level rise

2014-08-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: Dean Sherwin frowned. He had heard a speaker at the sea-level rise conference he was attending say that half of southeast Florida would be crippled by 2030. Sherwin stuck up his hand and said that she should correct her choice of language. Some roads would have to be rebuilt and some people would have to retreat from the coast. Half of South Florida's flood control infrastructure would be overwhelmed if the Atlantic Ocean rises by a projected 6 inches above 2010 levels. But half of South Florida...

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