[Rockhounds] How rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood hazards far inland

[Paul]

Flooding from Below: The Unseen Risks of Sea Level Rise
Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising 
seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting 
flood hazards far inland. By Sarah Stanley, Eos, March 12, 2025
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/flooding-from-below-the-unseen-risks-of-sea-level-rise

A pertinent  open access paper is:

Cox, S.C., Ettema, M.H., Chambers, L.A., Stephens, S.A., 
Bodeker, G.E., Nguyen, Q., Diaz‐Rainey, I. and Moore, A.B., 
2025. Empirical models of shallow groundwater and multi‐hazard 
flood forecasts as sea‐levels rise. Earth's Future, 13(2), p.e2024EF004977.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024EF004977

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past." 
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)