Sandbags -Mirlo Beach Looking North – Hatteras Island – NC12. Photo source: ©© County of Dare
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Released Tuesday by the Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel, the report presents three scenarios for rising seas along the coast through 2045, based on global predictions and historical data from five tidal gauges.
The panel also emphasized that, regardless of the rate of rising sea levels, coastal residents should expect more frequent flooding in low-lying areas…
Sea Level Rise Accelerating In U.S. Atlantic Coast, USGS (06-25-2012)
North Carolina Should Move With Nature on Coast, News Observer (01-05-2015)
NOAA Establishes Tipping Points for Sea Level Rise Related Flooding, NOAA (12-18-2014)
By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due to dramatically accelerating impacts from sea level rise, according to a new NOAA study…
“North Carolina: The Beaches Are Moving,” A Video featuring Orrin Pilkey, PhD
World famous coastal geologist Orrin H. Pilkey takes us to the beach and explains why erosion has become a problem…
