Where Will Charleston Drown Soonest?

Climate What Land Will Be Underwater in 20 Years? Figuring It Out Could Be Lucrative By Brad Plumer Feb. 23, 201Image The Battery area of Charleston, S.C., after Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. Companies are seeking better climate forecasts to assess the risks of...

Fighting Rising Seas in Louisiana Bayou

JEAN LAFITTE, La. — From a Cessna flying 4,000 feet above Louisiana’s coast, what strikes you first is how much is already lost. Northward from the Gulf, slivers of barrier island give way to the open water of Barataria Bay as it billows toward an inevitable merger...

City Floats App Warning for Sunny-Day Rising Waters

Charleston named finalist in national contest for its tidal flooding alerts idea By Cleve O’Quinn coquinn@postandcourier.com Feb 21, 2018 Updated Feb 21, 2018 Brooks Harrison of Charleston looks out the door of Eastside Soul Food in 2015 as tidal flooding...

Post and Courier Editorial: Soak Six Million Visitors

Let tourists help on flooding Huge waves crash over the High Battery Monday, September 11, 2017, as the Charleston area was socked Tropical Storm Irma. Brad Nettles/Staff Charleston needs about $2 billion to fund needed drainage and flood prevention improvements, and...

Satellites See Sea Levels Rising Faster than Anticipated

New study finds sea level rise accelerating PR release by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center  Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data....