2024 sea level 'report cards' map futures of U.S. coastal communities

The following story originally appeared on the website for W&M’s Batten School & VIMS. – Ed. William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS have released their 2024 U.S. sea level “report cards,” providing updated analyses of sea level trends and projections for 36 coastal communities. Encompassing 55 years of historical data, the report cards aid planning and adaptation efforts by analyzing rates of sea level rise and acceleration at each locality and forecasting 2050 water levels. This year, the report cards are consolidated in an interactive dashboard and add data from tide gauge stations in Annapolis, Maryland; Solomons Island, Maryland; Yorktown, Virginia; and Fort Myers, Florida. A new, interactive dashboard created by the Center for Coastal Resources Management at W&M’s Batten School & VIMS consolidates sea level rise and acceleration data for 36 U.S. coastal communities. Most sea level projections are based on an understanding of average global sea level rise. However, sea levels do ... Read full article.