No children were playing on the dinosaur or pony ride at the Little River Pocket Mini Park Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 9, 2021, after the park was flooded with King Tide waters. This type of flooding could be much more common in the future as sea levels rise. The Miami Herald is launching a new periodic series where we answer reader questions about climate change. Send us yours at climate@miamiherald.com. Miami regularly tops global lists as a city with the most to lose from rising seas, which experts warn could continue to flood streets and buildings and potentially erode property values. Sea level rise has picked up the pace in recent years, as scientists have long predicted. Last year, sea levels around the world rose even faster than expected, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration found. Only by a teeny amount, through — .06 inches more than NASA initially predicted . But every inch, or tenth of one, adds up, particularly in the lowest-lying sections of Miami. Read Next Climate Change Have questions about climate change in Florida? We want to hear them — and answer them April 01, 2025 5:30 AM How much sea level rise is Miami going to see? The short answer to what is coming is about two feet by 2060, and potentially up to six feet by the century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That’s about as much water as we see in the streets during a fall king tide, the highest annual tide of the year. The long answer is that those numbers could change. If the world stops burning fossil fuels and warming the atmosphere, melting glacial ice and heating up the ocean, then we could collectively see lower-than-expected sea levels by 2100. If humanity keeps on driving gasoline-powered vehicles […]