Associated Press | "Thousands of US hazardous sites are at risk of flooding because of sea level rise, study finds"
The Associated Press quoted Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about sea level rise.
The Associated Press interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about her research into the public health risks of sea level rise.
Researchers identified 5,500 sites that store, emit or handle sewage, trash, oil, gas and other hazards that could face coastal flooding by 2100, with much of the risk already locked in due to past emissions. But more than half the sites are projected to face flood risk much sooner — as soon as 2050.
"Our goal with this analysis was to try to get ahead of the problem by looking far out into the future,” said Cushing, who co-authored the paper published in the science journal Nature Communications. “We do have time to respond and try to mitigate the risks and also increase resilience."
