New York City and swaths of Long Island are vulnerable to being consumed by the rising ocean as sea ice melts in the coming century.
Parts of Manhattan, Long Beach and Coney Island are at risk of being consumed by water as sea levels rise due to the effects of climate change in the coming century, modeling suggests.By the year 2100, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates there will be between 43 and 84 centimeters of sea level rise, but that an increase of 2 meters 'cannot be ruled out.
Island Park would all but disappear, while many coastal communities along Long Island's southern edge would be consumed by the ocean. Montauk would barely be connected to the rest of the island by a thin strip of beach.
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