Coastal living, once idealized in the U.S., could soon become a precarious proposition as the climate warms.
Rising sea levels are threatening, and will continue to threaten, those who've made their residences on the imperiled boundary between land and ocean. Estimates of sea level rise put metropolises like New York City, Miami and Los Angeles at high risk of dangerous floods by the end of this century, putting the future of millions of residents in jeopardy.