King tides are routinely swallowing cars in South Beach, but solutions are hard to come by.

Perhaps you've been watching the rising seas routinely inundating Miami streets, soaking cars and stranding residents unlucky enough to not own kayaks, and thinking to yourself, "Well, I'm sure our leaders have some great ideas how to save our city."

Afraid not! This morning, the New Yorker dropped a new longread on Miami's threatened future and it makes one thing abundantly clear: No one at any level of city or state government or in the scientific community has any idea how to cope with this.

For her piece, writer Elizabeth Kolbert sat down with every major player in this drama, from Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine to heads of environmental management agencies to top local scientists. To each, she asked the same question: What can be done?