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Fiber Optics Opens Window into Subsurface Deformation

by M. Bayani Cardenas 18 December 201816 February 2022

The distributed deformation of buried materials is difficult to map, but a new approach is able to resolve vertical deformation over the length of a fiber optic cable.

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A City’s Challenge of Dealing with Sea Level Rise

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 29 March 201825 May 2022

A well-developed case study in Ho-Chi Min City, Vietnam, exemplifies how other mega-cities located on deltas could face the major challenge of adapting to rising sea-level.

High-tide nuisance flooding in Charleston, S.C.
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Playing with Water: Humans Are Altering Risk of Nuisance Floods

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 September 20171 March 2023

New research suggests that excessive groundwater usage and damming have changed the natural risk of nuisance floods, for better or worse, in eastern U.S. coastal cities.

Ruins of Fort Beauregard are partially submerged in lake Borgne.
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Global Risks and Research Priorities for Coastal Subsidence

by M. Allison, B. Yuill, T. Törnqvist, F. Amelung, T. H. Dixon, G. Erkens, R. Stuurman, Cathleen Jones, G. Milne, M. Steckler, J. Syvitski and P. Teatini 13 July 201627 October 2022

Some of the world's largest cities are sinking faster than the oceans are rising. Humans are part of the problem, but we can also be part of the solution through monitoring and modeling.

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