Why We Should Be Scared for Our Coastlines, in 55 Acronyms

This story first appeared on the Atlantic website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This week, a group of 78 representatives from American government agencies, universities, non-governmental organizations, and the insurance industry published a report on the threat climate change poses to U.S. coastlines. The document--formal title: "Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities: A Technical Input to the National Climate Assessment"--clocks in at nearly 200 pag...