California’s Rising and Sinking Coast

Millions of people in the state live in low-lying coastal areas where land subsidence is exacerbating the risks of sea level rise.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Blackwell, Em, et al. (2020) and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published October 23, 2020
Data acquired 2007 - 2018

Sources:

ALOS

In situ Measurement

Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1B

Collection:

Sea Level Rise