Parts of San Francisco are sinking faster than the sea is rising

Rising seas aren’t the only problem facing low-lying coastal areas. Many of these areas are also sinking, vastly increasing the risk of flooding.

In the San Francisco Bay area, sea level rise alone could inundate an area of between 50 and 410 square kilometres by 2100, depending both on how much action is taken to limit further global warming and how fast the polar ice sheets melt. But when land subsidence is also taken into account, the area vulnerable to flooding during high tides and storm surges rises to between 130 and 430 square kilometres.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2163092-parts-of-san-francisco-are-sinking-faster-than-the-sea-is-rising/

Article courtesy of New  By Michael LePage