Topic: Inundation Hazard Maps

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Rise of the Betas
Episode 1014 2:37 - 6:35

1014: Rise of the Betas

San Francisco Bay Sea Level Rise, Wired Magazine Study

Wired Magazine published an article warning that San Francisco Bay Area home prices are threatened by rising sea levels caused by melting ice in Greenland. A research article in Science Magazine titled "Global Climate Change and Local Land Subsidence Exacerbate Inundation Risk to the San Francisco Bay Area" suggests that current hazard maps underestimate flood risks by up to 90.9 percent. Observations of the mudflats near Golden Gate Fields and Highway 80 suggest no visible change in water levels since 1880.