{"id":1772,"date":"2022-03-17T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/17\/storms-and-sea-level-rise-could-cost-ports-billions\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T15:31:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:31:44","slug":"storms-and-sea-level-rise-could-cost-ports-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/17\/storms-and-sea-level-rise-could-cost-ports-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms and sea level rise could cost ports billions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/16\/22980905\/storms-sea-level-rise-ports-billions-climate-change<\/a>
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Ports around the world stand to suffer billions of dollars in losses if greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow, a new report<\/a> finds. Extreme weather, flooding, and rising sea levels would all damage vital seaport infrastructure, disrupting global supply lines.<\/p>\n

Losses from storms and climate-related port disruptions could near $10 billion a year by 2050, according to the report, commissioned by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). By 2100, without action on climate change, those costs could balloon to more than $25 billion a year. For context, that last figure is more than the total operating profits for the entire global container shipping industry in a year.<\/p>\n

Many ports are already overwhelmed<\/a> after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses<\/a> in global supply chains. Now, ports and the shipping industry have a lot of work ahead of them to cut down their own planet-heating pollution and avoid the worst-case scenarios outlined in the report, its authors warn.<\/p>\n

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