Climate adaptation follies. Part I: The New Jersey challenge
Posted on March 7, 2021 by curryja
by Judith Curry
New Jersey has a sea level rise problem. How should this be managed?
New Jersey’s peninsular geography makes it especially vulnerable to sea level rise.
The problem
Sea level is rising along the New Jersey coast, at a rate substantially higher than the global average. Here is the data for Atlantic City, NJ (from the NOAA site):
Why is sea level rising so fast off the coast of New Jersey?
Many places in the Eastern U.S. have been sinking for thousands of years and will continue to sink for thousands more, in response to adjustments from the retreat of glacier ice following the last Ice Age. Even though the glacier ice retreated long ago, the U.S. East Coast and Great Lakes regions are still slowly sinking.
https://judithcurry.com/2021/03/07/climate-adaptation-follies-part-i-the-new-jersey-challenge/
