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Scientific American has an article this month on the construction that is continuing to take place on the Florida coast even as sea levels are rising and nuisance flooding is increasing. Some of the measures that homeowners are using to adapt are higher sea walls, elevating their properties, and building codes which require higher foundations. You can read the article at https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/seas-rising-but-florida-keeps-building-on-the-coast/.