Scientists can now measure climate change's role in coastal flooding

New research provides governments, adaptation planners and vulnerable coastal countries with more precise evidence about rising flood risks.

In low-lying Charleston, South Carolina, flood protection and seawall upgrades have been a major priority to combat rising tides and storm surges. (Alex S./Unsplash)

For decades, scientists have warned that rising seas would increase the risk of coastal flooding. What has been harder to determine is how much of that risk can be directly attributed to hum…