Coastal
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NOAA has recently released a new technical report describing the rises in sea level to be expected over the next 30 years. The report describes how quickly the sea level is rising at various places along the US Coast and provides links to a website that allows you to view sea level rise projections for…
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If you’ve followed the tropics for the past few years, you know how many recent hurricanes and tropical storms have hit the Louisiana coast. The agricultural devastation has been sobering. Here is a long story from AgWeb about a farm couple who live and work about 20 miles from the coast in Louisiana and how…
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A new study of coastal residents in flood-prone areas of Florida has shown that people who had seen maps designating that where they live are areas threatened by rising sea levels are less likely to believe that climate change was taking place than those who had not seen the maps. They also did not think…
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When you think about coastal flooding, you probably don’t realize that in many South Florida neighborhoods far from the sea, drainage is a problem that can be made worse by flooding near the ocean. The drainage gates are controlled by the water districts, and they have to balance flows in all directions. Sometimes that means…
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It’s Henri, the 8th storm of 2021! Henri formed today in the Atlantic near Bermuda and looks like it will do a big loop before heading back to the northeast. No threat to any of us here in the US other than perhaps a few waves on the coast. Meanwhile, Fred is moving north along…
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Earlier this week the EarthSky blog posted a good introduction to sea level rise, including what causes it and how much we are likely to see in the future. It also includes a good video on sea level rise basics from NASA Earth Observatory. You might be interested in learning more about this, especially if…
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Coastal areas of the Southeast as well as most of the rest of the world have seen increased flooding in recent years due to slowly rising sea levels, which are driven by a combination of warmer oceans and melting land ice. While a lot of this flooding has been more of a nuisance than dangerous…