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New York may face flood risk

17 March 2009 09:28 (UTC +04:00)

New York â€“ APA. New York faces a greater flood risk over the next century as weaker Atlantic currents raise sea levels on the U.S. East Coast by more than in London or Tokyo. Global warming will alter Atlantic Ocean circulation in a way that will move more water to New York by 2100, Florida State University-led scientists said, APA reports quoting Bloomberg. Including the expansion of water as it warms, the total gain may be 51 centimeters (20 inches), not counting effects of melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. The effect of the changes in currents alone in New York would add 26 centimeters to local sea levels. That compares with rises of about 6 centimeters in Miami, 2 in San Francisco and Cape Town, 12 in London and 7 in Tokyo and Sydney.