Sea Level Rise Puts 18 Military Installations At Risk, According To New Study

U.S. military installations along the East and Gulf Coasts are at risk of flooding and losing land due to storm surges and higher tidal flows caused by climate change, according to a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) analysis released Wednesday.

The UCS study of 18 military installations found that with a moderate rate of sea level most would flood hundreds of times every year by 2050. In addition, half of the installations could lose a quarter or more of their land under the highest sea level rise projections, according to the report, as the lowest-lying areas may see permanent inundation....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/07/27/3802399/sea-level-rise-could-swallow-us-bases/