Many in US favor prepping for sea-level rise

Los Angeles Times : Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment polled 1200 people nationwide on their opinion about one aspect of climate change: sea-level rise. Nearly three-quarters agree that future sea-level rise will pose a problem in the US. Although counties along the US’s shoreline, not including Alaska, amount to 10% of total land area, they are home to more than one-third of the country’s population, writes Neela Banerjee for the Los Angeles Times. And that number is expected to grow. As communities on the US East Coast continue to clean up months after being struck by Hurricane Sandy, the general consensus now appears to be that coastal homeowners and businesses that locate in high-risk areas should prepare for future flooding, including building sea walls, reducing future construction near coasts, and improving flood protection measures of existing structures.