Sea level rise is eroding the coast. Here's a solution. | Sci NC

Most homeowners build a hard wall in the face of erosion, which has only gotten worse as seas continue to rise. But hardened shorelines like bulkheads and seawalls demolish ecosystems along estuaries. There's an alternative, one that coastal managers are starting to use. They are called living shorelines.
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This story is part of the State of Change series produced by PBS North Carolina, supported by the Pulitzer Center and the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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We're seeing increasingly severe storms and ultra high tides on the Chesapeake. We lost 15 or 20 feet of shoreline in my community in just the last 2 months. The next 25 years will not be like the last 25 years. NOAA minimally estimates a sea level rise of at least 18 inches by 2050 and possibly more. It's hard to predict because the patterns are accelerating.

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I love this.

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Cool

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Earth and all other planets are moving towards sun.

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All this would be well and good if the seas weren't continuing to rise, and rapidly. And its going to for thousands and thousands of years. This particular climate change feedback has a very long tail to it.

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The Sea Level is not rising. This is false information. The local municipalities pump well water out from below the development which causes them to sink.