Rising seas will erase more cities by 2050, new research shows | World News, The Indian Express

Rising seas will erase more cities by 2050, new research shows | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Published: October 30, 2019 1:15:17 pm

Rising seas will erase more cities by 2050, new research shows

Standard elevation measurements using satellites struggle to differentiate the true ground level from the tops of trees or buildings, said Scott A. Kulp, a researcher at Climate Central and one of the paper’s authors.

High tide at Marine Drive in Mumbai. The new research shows that some 150 million people are now living on land that will be below the high-tide line by midcentury. (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran/File)

Written by Denise Lu and Christopher Flavelle