City of Santa Cruz finalizes updated climate adaptation plan
(WorldNews Environment)

Santa Cruz >> Santa Cruz`s main beaches, which rake in a projected $56 million in tourism each year, will be reclaimed by the Pacific by the year 2100, according to a preliminary assessment under review by the city. Sustainability and Climate Action Manager Tiffany Wise-West has presented findings from Santa Cruz`s Climate Adaptation Plan Update - which projects the impacts of rising sea levels on coastal erosion, creeping shorelines and storm-induced flooding - to more than 600 residents in the past nine months. ......