Nature Communications (May 2021)

Economic damages from Hurricane Sandy attributable to sea level rise caused by anthropogenic climate change

  • Benjamin H. Strauss,
  • Philip M. Orton,
  • Klaus Bittermann,
  • Maya K. Buchanan,
  • Daniel M. Gilford,
  • Robert E. Kopp,
  • Scott Kulp,
  • Chris Massey,
  • Hans de Moel,
  • Sergey Vinogradov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22838-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Sea level rise amplifies coastal storm impacts, but the role of anthropogenic climate change is poorly resolved. Here the authors reassess Hurricane Sandy, using a dynamic flood model to show that anthropogenic sea level rise added a central estimate of $8 billion in damages.