Here are a couple of recent stories related to how rising sea level is affecting coastal communities, especially during storm surge events. Did you see the recent video showing the collapse of a building into the Atlantic during a recent nor’easter event? Jerry Markovich wrote an interesting story telling the…
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The recently released report on rising sea levels provides ample cause for concern along the Gulf coast. It’s not just rising sea levels that are causing problems, though. It is also heavier rains from hurricanes, toxic red tides caused in part by drainage of agricultural chemicals off of lands far…
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This week, NOAA announced a new interactive sea-level mapping tool on their Climate.gov page. The tool allows you to use an interactive map to see how sea level has changed over time at a number of sites along the coast. Once you pick one of the locations, it displays a…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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