May 24, 2013 How Sea Levels Will Rise Posted on Nov 27, 2012 The
New York Times on Sunday published a series of maps showing
coastal and low-lying areas in the United States that could be
permanently flooded as sea levels rise in the coming decades and
centuries. Major metropolitan areas on the country’s seaboards
appear with toggleable settings showing the intrusion of the
oceans at various levels of predicted elevation, using data
provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic
Atmospheric Administration. At a rise of 25 feet, Charleston,
S.C., is predicted to be 80 percent flooded; Miami Beach, New
Orleans and Atlantic City 100 percent underwater; and New York
City 39 percent submerged, with large portions of all five
boroughs gone, including much of Manhattan below 34th Street.
None of this could be called “good” news, but many cities in the
West are expected to make out relatively well. An estimated 13
percent of Seattle and 16 percent of Portland, Ore., are
projected to disappear, along