Topics Oceans & Coasts
2018’s Billion-Dollar Disasters Show Weather & Climate Impacts Across the U.S.
2018 saw another near-record number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the U.S.
2018 Global Temp Review: Land & Ocean
The 2018 numbers are in and once again, the vast majority of the globe was warmer than average.
Billion-Dollar Disasters Trending Up
The four years with the most billion-dollar disasters have all happened since 2011.
States With the Most Billion-Dollar Disasters
These states have suffered the most billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980.
John Upton Talks Sea Level Rise, National Climate Assessment
Scientists have concluded that rising sea levels caused by global warming threaten new homes in the greater Philadelphia area, including in New Jersey and Delaware.
Want to Build a Delaware Beach House? Expect Regular Floodwaters in 30 Years
Between 2010 and 2017 more than 700 homes in Delaware — worth roughly $500 million — were built on land that’s projected to be inundated at least once a year on average by 2050 unless pricey measures are taken to keep the water away.
New Homes in the 2050 Coastal Flood Zone
Sea level rise will threaten hundreds of thousands of homes in the coming decades — and many communities have built a striking number of new homes in the future flood zone.
Ocean at the Door: New Homes and the Rising Sea
Recent housing growth rates are faster in high flood risk zones for most coastal states.
