Florida, Louisiana and North Carolina are expected to fare the worst if sea levels rise by 6 feet by the end of the century.
A map of the contiguous U.S. shows how coastal states would be affected by 6 feet of sea level rise, an environmental change that could occur by the end of the next century due to ice sheet loss accelerated by climate change.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates there will be between 43 and 84 centimeters of sea level rise by the year 2100, but said that an increase of 2 meters 'cannot be ruled out.
For instance, New York would see fairly marginal changes to its coastline with 6 feet of sea level rise, but if all the ice sheets melted, it is expected that most of New York City and all of Long Island would be subsumed by the Atlantic.According to projections by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, assuming the IPCC's worst-case scenario comes true, the Carolinas, Florida and Louisiana would likely be the worst affected states.
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