The impact of climate change on the California coast

Home to almost 27 million people, the California coastline is more than just an iconic part of the American landscape. There are ports, harbors and major cities that support a state that, if it were its own country, would be the fourth-largest economy in the world. Now climate change and a rising sea threaten to wipe out more than $370 billion in property by the end of the century. The economic damage would be far more devastating than the state’s worst earthquakes and wildfires.