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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: Moon Cycle Change to Increase US Coastal Flooding in Mid-2030s' data-article-id='5792'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15063'>A new study predicts that a changing moon cycle will increase high-tide flooding across U.S. coastal areas in the mid-2030s.</span> <span data-start-time='15063' data-end-time='30833'>The finding is based on ocean tide data collected from 89 coastal areas covering every U.S. state and territory except for Alaska. </span> <span data-start-time='30833' data-end-time='45229'>This data was examined along with flooding records and predictions for future sea level rise stretching into the year 2080.</span> <span data-start-time='45229' data-end-time='63479'>Research results showed that the combined effects of rising sea levels linked to climate change and natural changes in ocean tides will lead to increases in coastal flooding.</span> <span data-start-time='63479' data-end-time='71521'>The prediction was recently reported in a study in Nature Climate Change. </span> <span data-start-time='71521' data-end-time='80792'>The study was led by members of the U.S. space agency NASA’s Sea Level Change Team. </span> <span data-start-time='80792' data-end-time='95729'>The lead researcher of the study was Phil Thompson, a member of the Sea Level Change Team and director of the University of Hawaii’s Sea Level Center.</span> <span data-start-time='95729' data-end-time='113729'>Thompson said in a statement he expects the biggest increases to happen along the U.S. Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coastlines, which include Hawaii and other Pacific islands. </span> <span data-start-time='113729' data-end-time='134000'>This is important because this is where high-tide flooding goes from being mostly “a local or regional issue and becomes a national issue affecting a majority of our nation’s coastlines,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='134000' data-end-time='146604'>The researchers note that many U.S. coastal areas, especially along the Atlantic coast, are already experiencing such flooding. </span> <span data-start-time='146604' data-end-time='165542'>High-tide flooding happens when tides reach anywhere from 0.5 meters to 0.6 above the daily average high tide, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).</span> <span data-start-time='165542' data-end-time='177063'>NOAA reported more than 600 incidents of this kind of flooding -- also known as “sunny day” flooding -- in 2019. </span> <span data-start-time='177063' data-end-time='191292'>Such activity is expected to worsen and lead to longer lasting floods as high tides increase in the future and sea levels keep rising.</span> <span data-start-time='191292' data-end-time='196792'>Ben Hamlington was a co-writer of the study. </span> <span data-start-time='196792' data-end-time='207542'>He is with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and also the leader of the Sea Level Change Team. </span> <span data-start-time='207542' data-end-time='224229'>He said in a statement the findings can be an important resource for U.S. coastal planners who may be centered more on preparing for extreme events rather than more high-tide flooding.</span> <span data-start-time='224229' data-end-time='234438'>For planning purposes, “it’s important to know when we’ll see an increase,” Hamlington said.</span> <span data-start-time='234438' data-end-time='252854'>Thompson agrees that results of the study can be used by scientists, engineers and government officials who are used to preparing for rare, severe weather events such as a 100-year storm.</span> <span data-start-time='252854' data-end-time='269083'>“But we demonstrate that it is important to plan for extreme months or seasons during which the number of flooding episodes, rather than the magnitude, is exceptional,” he said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17812 data-hint-location='177063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/such_activity_is_expected_to_worsen_and_lead_to_longer_lasting_floods_as_high_tides_increase_in_the_future_and_sea_levels_keep__blank_.wav'>Such activity is expected to worsen and lead to longer lasting floods as high tides increase in the future and sea levels keep <span class='blank'>rising</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='rising'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/sinking.wav'><span>sinking</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/rising.wav'><span>rising</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/listening.wav'><span>listening</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/limping.wav'><span>limping</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17813 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/what_is_a_tide.wav'>What is a tide?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/the_indefinite_continued_progress_of_existence_and_events_in_the_past_present_and_future_regarded_as_a_whole.wav'><span>the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/a_theatrical_performance_or_part_of_a_performance_using_mime.wav'><span>a theatrical performance or part of a performance using mime</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/the_alternate_rising_and_falling_of_the_sea_usually_twice_in_each_lunar_day_at_a_particular_place_due_to_the_attraction_of_the_moon_and_sun.wav'><span>the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/news_or_information.wav'><span>news or information</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17814 data-hint-location='165542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/what_is_another_term_for_tidal_flooding.wav'>What is another term for tidal flooding?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='sunny day flooding'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/rainy_day_flooding.wav'><span>rainy day flooding</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/sandstorm.wav'><span>sandstorm</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/sunny_day_flooding.wav'><span>sunny day flooding</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5212/ocean_spray.wav'><span>ocean spray</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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