Aerial pictures of North Carolina’s coast, after superstorm Sandy devastated the area. Photo courtesy of: © Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) / WCU
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The sea is rising. The land is sinking. Entire mid-Atlantic communities are anchored in between, bookended by certain disaster unless a way is found to turn back the tide and save the shore. No one knows how to fix the fix we’re in, as climate change and sea-level rise continue to assault our shores…
Read Full Article, Insurance Journal
Scientists Foresee Losses as Cities Fight Beach Erosion, Climate Central (08-14-2015)
U.S. Cities Lag in Race against Rising Seas, Scientific American (01-20-2015)
‘Nuisance Flooding’ An Increasing Problem As Coastal Sea Levels Rise, NOAA (07-28-2014)
A NOAA study looks at more than 60 years of coastal water level and local elevation data changes. Eight of the top 10 U.S. cities that have seen an increase in so-called “nuisance flooding”…
Rebuilding the Shores, Increasing the Risks, The New York Times (04-09-2013)
Sea-Level Rise Poses Hard Choice for Two Neighborhoods: Rebuild or Retreat? TakePart (04-25-2015)
Walls Around our Coastal Cities? By Pr. Gary Griggs
A Tale of Two Cities: Miami, New York and Life on the Edge, Climate Central (08-22-2014)
We Need to Retreat From the Beach, Op Ed by Orrin H. Pilkey.
As ocean waters warm, the Northeast is likely to face more Sandy-like storms. And as sea levels continue to rise, the surges of these future storms will be higher and even more deadly. We can’t stop these powerful storms. But we can reduce the deaths and damage they cause…
