Extreme coastal floods that historically had a 1% annual chance are now 12 times more likely, with human-driven climate change quadrupling the risk since the 1960s and acting as the dominant driver of rising sea levels, two new studies reveal.

Extreme coastal floods that historically had a 1% annual chance are now 12 times more likely, with human-driven climate change quadrupling the risk since the 1960s and acting as the dominant driver of rising sea levels, two new studies reveal.