Managed Retreats From Rising Seas
Live on the coast? Your home might be swallowed by the sea by 2100. Now, a controversial solution used around the world could help solve the crisis before it's too late.
Often equated as a four-letter word in policy
More than 13 million residents along the U.S coasts could see their homes swamped by 2100 in consonance with Nature Climate Change. Retreats from rising seas are already happening in many parts of the world — but for many in in the U.S, it’s a controversial response to the climate crisis. Pulitzer Prize nominated author Elizabeth Rush spent 5 years exploring America’s coastlines and documenting applications of climate retreats.
“A lot of people would be like “Oh my God, retreat happened in New York City?” And the answer is yes, all along the eastern shore of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy. Thousands of citizens who were tired of flooding came together and they started these grassroots buyout campaigns where they asked ultimately the governor to purchase and demolish their flood-prone homes. At a larger scale, part of what I think is really fascinating and promising about managed retreat is that, you know, that climate change resilience strategy, it demands that we recognize a kind of porous relationship with the more-than-human world and that kind of humility that we can't just as a species design our way out of this problem, that we are part of the world in which we live,” Elizabeth Rush tells Brut.
In 2016, the Louisiana community of Isle de Jean Charles was the first in the U.S. to be given a federal grant to resettle because of flooding. The $48 million resettlement project is a test case for more to come. According to researchers, the potential exodus from the coasts could be similar in size to the 20th century's Great Migration. Florida accounts for 40% of the riskiest coast land in the country — where 6 million Floridians will need to move inland to avoid inundation. While managed retreat still has a reputation problem, Rush documented several examples of successful managed retreats, including in New York City.
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151 comments
John A.
01/28/2020 20:59Rite...lol
Miguel R.
01/25/2020 21:57Sooner maybe because they are talking about mexicos tectonic plates collapasing...tsunamis etc...
Brett M.
01/25/2020 15:47Hoax
Aliesha H.
01/25/2020 04:28Ones life style sums up there reward.
Anna A.
01/20/2020 23:00Might as well build it like Venice
Mickey M.
01/18/2020 10:48Just make sure you have have home owner insurance!! It’s all good!!
鍾昌峻
01/15/2020 06:34能不能活到2100
Louis P.
01/13/2020 01:02The banks had better stop lending in those areas 😂
Clyde B.
01/10/2020 22:41Good
Hawlingvozi H.
01/10/2020 17:14It’s okay I’m die by then
Reinaldo R.
01/09/2020 14:51No hay tiempo para eso vive el presente
Joe S.
01/06/2020 19:01Propaganda
Philip W.
01/06/2020 05:33What a joke
Patrick M.
01/06/2020 01:33Yet Obama just bought a $15 Million home along the coast so.......
Brian C.
01/04/2020 04:34Relocation is what people have done for thousands of years when their communities got flooded. Underwater archeology is a big thing these days since people have realized that there have been countless civilizations flooded out in the past 10,000 years or so. Maybe we’ll scuba dive for trinkets in New York on day!
Dan S.
01/04/2020 02:54In 80 years I'll be dust in the wind. Wont care if the coastline has flooded -
Mark F.
01/03/2020 07:57Doesn’t mean to keep building on them City planners quit taking bribes
Mike S.
01/03/2020 02:39And yet banks are helping millionaires buy up all oceanfront properties. Investors building condos amongst every square inch. I guess they all realize climate change is mostly a hoax.
Ben C.
01/02/2020 08:09Fake news
Wes H.
01/01/2020 07:23Who cares! You wont be alive by then anyways... lmao