Sea Level Rise Explorer

Jon Popham April 22, 2008 | 11:22 am EST

The Sea Level Rise Explorer is an online Interactive Map that shows users the respective heights above sea level for coastal areas throughout the world. The data on the map comes straight from the NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission which gathered the elevations of points across the entire globe during an eleven day mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2000. The map gives us a chilling reminder of the enormous dangers Global Warming and subsequent rising sea levels pose to our way of life. With so much of the Earth’s population residing in or near port cities at low elevations the urgent need to stem the tide is digitally illustrated the world over.

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