Australia: Rising seas may put $300b of property at risk - Scientists

Source(s): Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Residents and authorities should be prepared for the risk that climate change induced sea level rise is threatening to flood $300 billion worth of property and infrastructure, warned scientists, as reported by ABCNews. The Australian government has developed sea level rise maps for scenarios of 05.m, 0.8m, as well as 1.1m.

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