San Francisco Bay Area Flood Risk With and Without Subsidence (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

San Francisco Bay Area Flood Risk With and Without Subsidence

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The San Francisco Bay shoreline, where yellow indicates areas where a projected rise in sea level (SLR) will result in flooding by 2100. Red shows where local land subsidence (LLS) will combine with SLR to increase the flood-prone areas.

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ASU/Manoochehr Shirzaei

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