Jakarta, Indonesia experienced tidal flooding in January. Many parts of Southeast Asia have higher sea levels than previously thought, according to a new study. | Claudio Pramana/NurPhoto via Getty Images Humans are a coastal species. More than one in ten people in the world live within three miles of the shore, and about 40 percent of us live within an hour’s drive of the ocean. These shoreline regions generate a massive force in the global economy — in the US alone, coastal counties account for one-third of GDP.  But the same oceans that draw so many people near them pose a threat w...

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