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Sea level rise "At Atlantic City, where records extend back to 1912, sea level has risen by an average rate of 1.5 inches per decade over the period of record." The sea level along the Jersey coast is rising faster than the global average, where the global average, since the early 1990s, has risen 1.2 inches (3.0 cm) per decade. "Sea level is ...
Money Island is a low-income community which has been devastated by sea level rise and Hurricane Sandy. [6] [7] [8] Local opinions have been divided regarding participation in the Blue Acres buy-out program, part of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's process of managed retreat. [9] [10]
Map showing areas vulnerable to sea-level rise: Map showing housing units vulnerable to sea-level rise. Video; PBS News Hour segment on how New York City is preparing for future hurricanes, October 28, 2013 (8:16). PBS News Hour segment on Dutch lessons for protecting New York Harbor, Oct 29, 2013 (8:39).
Most people know about sea-level rise as a result of warming oceans and melting glaciers, but not many are aware of the fact that geological changes as a result of the last ice age are also ...
A 2016 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers map showing New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary's drainage divide and drainage basin Harrisse/LOC copy of the Manatus Map of 1639 An 1866 map of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary A 2011 NASA image of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary Population density and elevation above sea level in the New York City metropolitan area as of 2010 An aerial view of ...
A study by scientists with the University of Miami, NOAA, NASA and other institutions, which has not yet undergone peer review, found that the Southeastern sea-level rise accounted for “30%-50% ...
The Sea Bright–Monmouth Beach Seawall is a seawall located along the Jersey Shore in the Monmouth County, New Jersey towns of Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach. It roughly runs north-south direction along 4.7 miles (7.6 km) of the barrier spit of land along the lower Sandy Hook peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Shrewsbury River estuary.
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