by MIT Alumni News Staff from MIT Technology Review on (#6Y708)
Hundred-year storm tides could strike every decade in Bangladesh Tropical cyclones can generate devastating storm tides-seawater heightened by the tides that causes catastrophic floods in coastal regions. An MIT study finds that as the planet warms, the recurrence of destructive storm tides will increase tenfold for one of the world's hardest-hit regions. New electronic skin"...