Risk of isolation increases the expected burden from sea-level rise

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Risk of isolation increases the expected burden from sea-level rise

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01642-3

Sea-level rise is threatening communities with inundation. This work considers isolation—being cut off from essential services—as a complementary metric that highlights earlier risks from high tides across the coastal United States.

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