Sea Level Rise Education and Outreach for Coastal North Carolina
Abstract
Environmental education and outreach are vital for preparing North Carolina to cope
with impending sea level rise and the large number of risks it presents to the state’s
coastal communities. The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission has created
a draft sea level rise policy, which advocates for public education on the subject
of sea level rise. In order to help with the goal of public education and outreach,
educational materials were created for use by the Division of Coastal Management and
other agencies. These materials consist of a sea level rise education section of
the Division of Coastal Management website as well as an educational module on sea
level rise. These materials can be used to target different audiences for sea level
rise education. For example, a website serves as an educational tool that can reach
a large number of people, displays a great deal of information, allows for the use
of graphics and images that may aid in viewer comprehension and understanding, and
can provide links that direct the reader to additional information on the subject
from other sources. The educational module created as part of this Master’s Project
provides more in-depth information on the science behind sea level rise and includes
hands-on activities which enable students to better grasp less tangible concepts about
this long term, hard to visualize process. Together, the website and the educational
module present information about sea level rise, the science behind it, and some of
the potential effects it can have on coastal North Carolina.
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Dziuba, Catherine (2011). Sea Level Rise Education and Outreach for Coastal North Carolina. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/3589.Collections
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