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The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds

(4 Mar 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++MUSIC CLEARED FOR EDITORIAL USE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Havana, Cuba - 01 February 2026 1. Various of large waves hitting a concrete wall ASSOCIATED PRESS Padua, Italy - 4 March 2026 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Katharina Seeger, Study lead author, University of Padua: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "In our study, we looked at the relation between actual measured sea level and what was commonly assumed to represent sea level along the world's coastlines. We find that the measured global coastal sea level is on average 20 cm to 30 cm higher than the commonly assumed one. And we see that the offset is even larger in regions like Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific, where we observe offsets of up to more than one meter. If we take this hypothetical one meter relative sea level rise, we figure out that this underestimates global coastal population by up to 12 percent." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Efate Island, Vanuatu – 19 July 2025 3. Aerial shot of sinking buildings due to sea level rise ASSOCIATED PRESS Koh Lanta, Thailand - 4 March 2026 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Minderhoud, Study co-author, Wageningen Univ. & Research: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "If you talk about small island development states in this region, you look at the studies, they give you basically a future perspective that is not representative for what the people on the ground, on these islands, for example, are already experiencing on their daily lives." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Efate Island, Vanuatu – 17 July 2025 5. Various of the Sainte Jeanne D’Arc school ASSOCIATED PRESS Koh Lanta, Thailand - 4 March 2026 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Minderhoud, Study co-author, Wageningen Univ. & Research: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "We really think this study can really help policymakers, governments that are trying to manage vulnerable coastlines around the world, especially in these hotspot areas where we see the biggest discrepancies. For them, our study is basically a sort of a call to action to make sure that, let's say, the plans that they're currently having are based on reliable assessments." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Belem, Brazil - 22 November 2025 7. Various of plenary session and U.N. climate talks 8. Mid of COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago hitting gavel ASSOCIATED PRESS Koh Lanta, Thailand - 4 March 2026 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Minderhoud, Study co-author, Wageningen Univ. & Research: ++COVERED++ "This will lead to more accurate insights and therefore more, let say, reliable understanding of what's happening in the Earth around the world." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Alcacer do Sal, Portugal - 6 February 2026 10. Various of flooded streets 11. Mid of a car inundated by floodwaters STORYLINE: Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said. Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot (30 centimeters), according to Wednesday's study in the journal Nature. It's a far more frequent problem in the Global South, the Pacific and Southeast Asia, and less so in Europe and along Atlantic coasts. That would trigger problems in planning and paying for the impacts of a warming world. Minderhoud pointed to island nations in that region as an area where the reality of discrepancy hits home. ___ Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...