Sea Level Rise Major Threat at Hazardous Sites Across US

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the US risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, posing serious health risks to nearby communities, according to a new study.

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If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands ofÂ hazardous sitesÂ across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century.

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-- WFLA News Channel 8 (@wfla.com) Nov 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM

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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, some as soon as 2050.

Low-income, communities of color and other marginalized groups are the most at risk.

With even moderate reductions to planet-warming emissions, researchers also determined that roughly 300 fewer sites would be at risk by the end of the century.

Moreover, when sea water temperature increase, the cooling capacity of the nuclear reactor systems are reduced. Several US nuclear reactors are situated on the coast, including two on Florida's Atlantic seaboard, one not far from Mar-a-Lago.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-24 07:36 AM | Reply

Governors Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Ron DeSatan (R-FL) are united on the issue of saving the coastlines of their states.

Sources:

thehill.com

fortune.com

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-24 04:13 PM | Reply

Geez, why in the heck would the Obamas buy a waterfront mansion?????? Was this article written by Al Gore........again?

#3 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-11-25 11:26 AM | Reply

Geez, why in the heck would the Obamas buy a waterfront mansion??????

Because he can? Because it has its own sea wall? Who knows? I find it interesting that you care so much about the Obama's tho.

Yeah climate change is such a hoax.

Just ask any of 14 million residents of Tehran. Who all have to move now. Because of a "hoax". I bet that's so annoying.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 10:36 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

-Geez, why in the heck would the Obamas buy a waterfront mansion??????

There is no question that represents evidence that many folks truly doubt the significance of climate change despite their public position.

#5 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 10:44 AM | Reply

-Because he can? Because it has its own sea wall? Who knows?

How about because they're not worried their significant investment comes with any risk? Because that property isn't really vulnerable to a loss in value due to climate change

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 10:52 AM | Reply

How about because they're not worried their significant investment comes with any risk? Because that property isn't really vulnerable to a loss in value due to climate change

#6 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Because it has a sea wall?

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 10:59 AM | Reply

Re #5 | POSTED BY EBERLY

There is no question that represents evidence that many folks (who have no clue or understanding of climate change and its effects) truly doubt the significance of climate change (based on maga lies and nonsense) despite their public position.

FTFY

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 11:03 AM | Reply

Pretty harsh position to hit the Obamas with.

I doubt the decision to invest there is based on ignorance.

Your explanation is "Seawall".

But the neighbor with the red hat on who also has a seawall is just ignorant?

LOL

#9 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 11:08 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Exactly what percentage is due to human activity? At what level of CO2 does the warming effect begin level off and become diminishingly warming? What's the right temperature?

#10 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-11-26 11:13 AM | Reply

Pretty harsh position to hit the Obamas with.

You were referring to Obama

I was referring to clueless maga morons like Fishpus.

Your explanation is "Seawall".

But the neighbor with the red hat on who also has a seawall is just ignorant?

Oh bringing the neighbors into the discussion now. The neighbors are also protected by the sea wall i presume.

Here's the thing. It has a sea wall. I do not know what else makes the property valuable to the Obama's and sustainable into the future. And neither do any of you.

But they are just as susceptible to climate change as anyone.

And you don't have to be near a coastline to feel its effects.

See Tehran for example.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 11:16 AM | Reply

Re 10

Those answers are available.

Ask your AI those exact questions and tell us what it said.

I dare you.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 11:20 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

-Here's the thing. It has a sea wall. I do not know what else makes the property valuable to the Obama's and sustainable into the future. And neither do any of you.

Climate experts disagree with you and indeed DO know how susceptible that property is. They give time tables on it and predict a lot of very big calamity in the near future. They address the sea walls as well.

It doesn't add up to making that investment.

The property values continue to rise. Sea walls or not.

It's obvious the real estate market is still ignoring the climate crisis

#13 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 11:31 AM | Reply

#13 Until the climate crisis rears its ugly head (hurricanes, wildfires, drought, etc.), especially along the various waterfront properties that are so valuable, then the demand is socialism (pay me for my government-subsidized flood insurance).

Yeah... the real estate market ignores... but the owners can't ignore the results of their choices.

#14 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-26 11:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Couldn't agree more.

This has been a recurring argument here over the past few years.

When angst and vitriol are being spewed at deniers I tend to remind people the group of deniers is bigger than they think.

#15 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 11:55 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Climate experts disagree with you and indeed DO know how susceptible that property is.

Every home purchase is a risk. No matter where it is. The housing markets will decide what the house is worth in the future. Not you. Or the "climate experts".

Those same "climate experts" also agree it won't be a problem in his lifetime.

Much ado about nothing. As usual.

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 12:01 PM | Reply

It's obvious the real estate market is still ignoring the climate crisis

#13 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Until it doesn't.

#17 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 12:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#15 Of course the group of deniers is larger.

People hear what they want to hear.

Denying the climate crisis goes right along with the demonization of science and of those who believe in the efficacy of science and the scientific method.

No, it is way too easy and fun for the deniers to confuse weather with climate ("it is so cold today, where's the global warming when you need it? Hahaha.").

Or to denigrate the "egg heads" and "their" science. Hahaha.

Yep. Lazy and uneducated people will not look at facts over the long haul.

They'd rather LOL at what they can't and, apparently, refuse to understand.

Willful ignorance: What a barrel of monkeys it is, right?

#18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-26 12:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

We just question why the solution to every problem, real or imagined, is the same.

#19 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-11-26 12:13 PM | Reply

It's obvious the real estate market is still ignoring the climate crisis
#13 | POSTED BY EBERLY

What makes you say that?

What would look different if the real estate market were paying close attention to the climate crisis?

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-26 12:14 PM | Reply

Let's not talk about Tehran.

Because it's a glaring example of what can happen.

Iran's president has stated that moving the capital from Tehran is an "obligation" due to a dire ecological crisis, which includes a severe water shortage and land subsidence caused by climate change and mismanagement. The city is sinking by up to 25 centimeters per year due to the over-pumping of aquifers to compensate for a lack of rainfall.

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 12:17 PM | Reply

#19 No, you don't question jack ---.

Your own response gives away your abject ignorance: "...why the solution to every problem, real or imagined, is the same."

You believe that every single response/solution by the scientific community "is the same"?

Every. Single. Response. ??? Is the "same thing."

You would have been better served had you just kept your ignorant mouth shut.

You're welcome.

#22 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-26 12:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's obvious the real estate market is still ignoring the climate crisis
#13 | POSTED BY EBERLY

The insurance market certainly isn't "ignoring" it.

insurance companies are pulling back from high-risk areas due to climate change by limiting new policies, non-renewing existing ones, and raising premiums and deductibles.

This is a direct response to increased losses from climate-driven disasters like wildfires and hurricanes, which are making certain markets unprofitable and leading insurers to exit states like California and Florida.

That WILL affect real estate prices.

#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 12:20 PM | Reply

"It doesn't add up to making that investment."

That's the buyer's math to do, not yours.

It's perfectly reasonable that Obama just wants to live on the beach, and the fact that his grandchildren's grandchildren won't be able to isn't really part of the financial calculation.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-26 12:20 PM | Reply

#20 Perhaps instead of citing the real estate market as something that's ignoring the climate crisis, a person would be better served if they looked at the homeowners' insurance companies and see how much they are ignoring the climate crisis.

#25 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-26 12:21 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"But more than half the sites are projected to face flood risk much sooner -- as soon as 2050. Low-income, communities of color and other marginalized groups are the most at risk."

Sounds like the risk is already priced in. Nobody's paying top dollar for real estate occupied by the poors.

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-26 12:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#23 We were both thinking of the homeowners' insurance companies as the real test of an industry taking the climate crisis seriously.

The real-estate industry looks at listings and sales (and the accompanying commissions). Buyers are looking for a beautiful home, and they have the cash (or credit) to pay for it. The climate crisis does not enter into this equation.

Meanwhile, the homeowners' insurance companies are looking at the long haul, not just today's (insurance premium) commissions.

See also: Risk management and insurance underwriting.

#27 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-26 12:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's perfectly reasonable that Obama just wants to live on the beach, and the fact that his grandchildren's grandchildren won't be able to isn't really part of the financial calculation.

#24 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Or perhaps the Obama's know this maga nonsense won't last forever. Because the pendulum swings like the pendulum do.

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 12:30 PM | Reply

Much ado about nothing. As usual.

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 12:01 PM | Reply | Flag: Admitted Climate change denier

#29 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 02:55 PM | Reply

Yes, numerous reports and experts assert that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has played a significant and detrimental role in creating and exacerbating Iran's water crisis, including the shortage in Tehran.
The IRGC, primarily through its engineering and construction arm, Khatam al-Anbiya, is described by some analysts as the core of a "water mafia" that prioritizes profit and political power over sustainable water management.

#30 | Posted by homerj at 2025-11-26 02:59 PM | Reply

"insurance companies are pulling back from high-risk areas due to climate change by limiting new policies, non-renewing existing ones, and raising premiums and deductibles."

very true, and insurance companies spend a lot of money utilizing weather data to develop models that helps them price and program where they want to write....and keep them away from where they want to avoid.

I think Florida has seen the best example of the insurability (or lack thereof) of homes and how it can impact the value.

But it's not that hostile in the fact that values are still strong.

People aren't worried about climate change when looking at where to buy property. It's not a factor.

this is my point.

#31 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 03:07 PM | Reply

-Meanwhile, the homeowners' insurance companies are looking at the long haul, not just today's (insurance premium) commissions.

Actually, after dealing with P&C insurance companies for over 25 years, I'll tell you they don't think "long term" as you might believe.

They want everyone to think they look at the long haul but in reality......they are very reactionary. They aren't remotely proactive.

Take the wildfires in california for example. very profitable state year after year....but the data and models said "wildfires coming....huge huge losses". What did they do? nothing.

Insurance companies are way way way too greedy to look at the long haul.

#32 | Posted by eberly at 2025-11-26 03:13 PM | Reply

Let's not talk about Tehran.

Because it's a glaring example of what can happen.

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-26 12:17 PM | Reply | Flag

By all means, let's talk about Tehran. An AI overview of the situation lists 5 top examples of what's causing the water shortage in Tehran. Climate change is dead last at #5.

They're in a 60 year drought.
Gov't mismanagement and policy failures
Excessive groundwater extracting
Outdated, leaky infrastructure - they lose 1/3rd of their water through leaks
Climate change/eratic weather patterns - it's been worse, just not in the last 60 years though.

And that's the order of the key issues.

#33 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-11-26 03:50 PM | Reply