http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-sea-levels-threaten-internet-infrastructure-1027225

The fiber optic cables that carry internet and are buried along the coastal United States may be threatened by rising sea levels, a new study has found.

The study from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, was presented Monday to a group of industry and academic researchers at the Applied Networking Research Workshop in Montreal, Canada. Researchers found that that large portions of the network may be covered by water in the next 15 years.