California says oceans expected to rise higher than thought

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California says new climate change findings mean the ocean off the state’s coast is expected to rise higher than previously thought.
The state’s Ocean Protection Council on Wednesday revised projections it provides to agencies to help them plan for climate change from fossil-fuel emissions.
The rise threatens to flood low-lying airports, highways and communities, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The update comes because of discoveries that ice shee