California Sea Level Rise

Like an ax slowly chopping at the trunk of a massive tree, waves driven by sea-level rise will hack away the base of cliffs on the Southern California coast at an accelerated pace, a recent study says, increasing land erosion that could topple some bluffs and thousands of homes sitting atop them.

Climate change is threatening US landmarks from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the Cesar Chavez National Monument in Keene, California with floods, rising sea levels and fires, scientists said on Tuesday.

Like an ax slowly chopping at the trunk of a massive tree, waves driven by sea-level rise will hack away the base of cliffs on the Southern California coast at an accelerated pace, a recent study says, increasing land erosion that could topple some bluffs and thousands of homes sitting atop them.

Climate change is threatening US landmarks from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the Cesar Chavez National Monument in Keene, California with floods, rising sea levels and fires, scientists said on Tuesday.