Ports in sinking Gulf Coast face biggest threat from rising sea levels

Some of the busiest ports in the US face major climate-change-linked disruption, with sea levels along its coast projected to rise faster than the global average, according to new research.

The greatest impacts from a combination of sinking land and rising waters can be seen on the US Gulf coast, home to the country’s top three ports, in terms of total tonnage handled, at Houston and Corpus Christi in Texas, and South Louisiana.