Increased flooding in US coastal cities caused by climate change, study says

Climate Central sounds 'warning bells' of human impact on rising sea levels with report that coastal flooding days have more than doubled in US since 1980s

Rising sea levels are putting increasing pressure on US coastal cities, with a new analysis showing that human-driven climate change is to blame for three-quarters of the coastal flooding events over the past decade.

The Climate Central research shows that coastal flooding days have more than doubled in the US since the 1980s, the primary drivers of which have been the warming of the atmosphere and oceans. The findings are based on a separate study, released on Monday, that found the Earth's seas are rising at a pace unseen in the past 2,800 years.