News Alert: Climate change will lead to extreme coastal flooding in some areas every year, new U.N. report finds

Human-caused carbon dioxide emissions are fueling monster storms, deadly heat waves, harm to coral reefs and record losses of Arctic sea ice, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Future warming will lead to a host of catastrophic impacts and turn extreme floods that historically inundated some coastal cities and island nations every 100 years into an annual occurrence, scientists say.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     News Alert Sep 25, 5:01 AM     Climate change will lead to extreme coastal flooding in some areas every year, new U.N. report finds Human-caused carbon dioxide emissions are fueling monster storms, deadly heat waves, harm to coral reefs and record losses of Arctic sea ice, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Future warming will lead to a host of catastrophic impacts and turn extreme floods that historically inundated some coastal cities and island nations every 100 years into an annual occurrence, scientists say. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2019 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071