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Sea level has risen more than 18 inches along the New Jersey coastline since the early 1900s, due to a combination of the land sinking and sea levels rising, according to Rutgers University's ...
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).
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.
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 ...
With 0.5 m sea level rise, a current 100-year flood in Australia would occur several times a year. In New Zealand this would expose buildings with a collective worth of NZ$12.75 billion to new 100-year floods. A meter or so of sea level rise would threaten assets in New Zealand with a worth of NZD$25.5 billion.
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Maps of transgression and regression at the Belgian coast. A marine transgression is a geologic event where sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, resulting in flooding. Transgressions can be caused by the land sinking or by the ocean basins filling with water or decreasing in capacity.
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