Incredible pictures of king tides show the risks of climate change - Business Insider

To monitor the flooding, a group of volunteer photographers and scientists teamed up to launch the King Tide Project.Associated Press

The first King Tide Project launched in 2009 in Australia but it has since spread to New Zealand, Mauritius, coastal states in the US and British Columbia.The idea behind the project is to collect as many pictures of king tides around the world as possible so that scientists, policymakers, and even city planners can study and prepare for the effects of climate change.

In this Jan. 11, 2020 photo an extreme high tide rolls in and floods parts of the harbor in Depoe Bay, Oregon."A lot of the conversation around climate change was what was happening far away and not about what people were going to be experiencing in their own lives," one of the founders of the project, Marina Psaros told AP.

"The goal of the project was to get people thinking more about climate change locally instead of just polar bears."The photos are valuable in showing where flooding can occur on specific roads as well as where it is safe to build new housing. An aerial photo of a farmhouse surrounded by floodwaters from an extreme high tide along the Coquille River in southwest Oregon.Over time, the pictures show what exact parts of the world are most in danger, whether flooding might occur, or an increase in sea levels.Any pictures taken of the extreme high tides can be uploaded with geolocation data embedded on the King Tides Project's website.

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