Sea level rise (SLR) and severe weather events have already exposed the vulnerability of coastal cities to flood events. Regional planning bodies are developing comprehensive plans to build resiliency utilizing both hardened ...

River herring populations have declined in abundance by 99% since the 1970s, in part because of spawning and nursery habitat loss. In Eastern North Carolina, river herring spawn in coastal streams and adjacent riparian ...

Abstract As research progresses the observed or anticipated impacts of global warming become more pronounced and the projections more precise. Impacts along coastlines include sea level rise (SLR) and increasing proportion ...

Coastal wetlands are dynamic landscapes shaped by many factors. However, there is growing concern that sea level rise brought on by climate change, and its associated physical pressures (e.g. saltwater intrusion, increased ...

Global sea levels currently are rising and will continue to rise far into the future. This rise engenders significant risks to life and the environment, as it creates negative physical, economic, and societal impacts across ...

Climate change threatens the ecological and socioeconomic sustainability of Dare, Hyde, and Tyrrell counties as they are the three lowest-lying counties in all of North Carolina, making them particularly vulnerable to sea ...

Louisiana contains over a third of the coastal wetlands in the contiguous US, but has seen a drastic reduction in total wetland area in the last century. This loss is especially troubling for coastal Louisiana where wetlands ...

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 ...

Louisiana contains over a third of the coastal wetlands in the contiguous U.S., but has seen a drastic reduction in total wetland area in the last century. This loss is especially troubling for coastal Louisiana where wetlands ...

As sea level rise continues to occur on a global scale, coastal cities need to be evaluating the risk and potential impacts it will have on their communities and developing adaptation and mitigation strategies to effectively ...