Rising Seas Could Cause Problems For Internet Infrastructure
The Internet relies on a network of cables, many buried underground along U.S. coastlines. A new analysis finds sea level rise could put thousands of miles of cable underwater in the next 15 years.
The dense network of cables that make up the Internet is likely to be inundated with saltwater as sea levels rise, a new analysis suggests, putting thousands of miles of critical infrastructure along U.S. coastlines underwater in the next 15 years.
"It is actually the wires and the hardware that make the Internet run," explains , a computer scientist at the University of Oregon and an author of the research. The
