Sea level rise already delays coastal commuters
Although the most dire societal impacts of sea-level rise (SLR) typically manifest toward the end of the 21st century, many coastal communities face challenges in the present due to recurrent tidal flooding. Few studies have documented transportation disruptions due to tidal flooding in the recent p...
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| author | Mathew E Hauer Valerie Mueller Glenn Sheriff |
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| description | Although the most dire societal impacts of sea-level rise (SLR) typically manifest toward the end of the 21st century, many coastal communities face challenges in the present due to recurrent tidal flooding. Few studies have documented transportation disruptions due to tidal flooding in the recent past. Here, we address this issue by combining home and work locations for approximately 500 million commuters in coastal US counties from 2002 to 2017. We find tidal flooding delays coastal commuters by approximately 22 min per year in 2015–2017, increasing to between 200 and 650 min by 2060 under various SLR scenarios. Adjustments in residential and work locations reduce the growth in commuting delays for approximately 40% of US counties. For residents in coastal counties, SLR is not a distant threat—it is already lapping at their toes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62d729ac21404c17bbd8fdca8af57b972024-02-03T06:27:16ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research: Climate2752-52952023-01-012404500410.1088/2752-5295/acf4b5Sea level rise already delays coastal commutersMathew E Hauer0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9390-5308Valerie Mueller1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-2141Glenn Sheriff2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9642-5529Department of Sociology, Florida State University , Tallahassee, FL, United States of AmericaSchool of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ, United States of America; International Food Policy Research Institute , Washington, DC United States of AmericaSchool of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ, United States of AmericaAlthough the most dire societal impacts of sea-level rise (SLR) typically manifest toward the end of the 21st century, many coastal communities face challenges in the present due to recurrent tidal flooding. Few studies have documented transportation disruptions due to tidal flooding in the recent past. Here, we address this issue by combining home and work locations for approximately 500 million commuters in coastal US counties from 2002 to 2017. We find tidal flooding delays coastal commuters by approximately 22 min per year in 2015–2017, increasing to between 200 and 650 min by 2060 under various SLR scenarios. Adjustments in residential and work locations reduce the growth in commuting delays for approximately 40% of US counties. For residents in coastal counties, SLR is not a distant threat—it is already lapping at their toes.https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/acf4b5sea level riseadaptationtransportationclimate change impactsking tides |
| spellingShingle | Mathew E Hauer Valerie Mueller Glenn Sheriff Sea level rise already delays coastal commuters Environmental Research: Climate sea level rise adaptation transportation climate change impacts king tides |
| title | Sea level rise already delays coastal commuters |
| title_full | Sea level rise already delays coastal commuters |
| title_fullStr | Sea level rise already delays coastal commuters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sea level rise already delays coastal commuters |
| title_short | Sea level rise already delays coastal commuters |
| title_sort | sea level rise already delays coastal commuters |
| topic | sea level rise adaptation transportation climate change impacts king tides |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/acf4b5 |
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