Subsidence and Sea Level Rise on the Atlantic Coast of the US
Published on by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The 5,000 North Carolinians who call Hyde County home live in a region several hundred miles long where coastal residents are coping with severe changes that few other Americans have yet to endure.
Geological changes along the East Coast are causing land to sink along the seaboard. That’s exacerbating the flood-inducing effects of sea level rise, which has been occurring faster in the western Atlantic Ocean than elsewhere in recent years.
New research using GPS and prehistoric data has shown that nearly the entire coast is affected, from Massachusetts to Florida and parts of Maine.
Attached link
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/sinking-atlantic-coastline-meets-rapidly-rising-seas-20247Taxonomy
- Groundwater
- Environment
- Climate Change
- Groundwater Mapping
- Sea Level Rise Risk Perception
- Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assesment