This map shows how North Carolina would be affected if sea levels ... Sweet said in a previous email to Newsweek: "NOAA's Sea Level Rise Viewer is a versatile mapping platform that provides ...

Sea level rise is an imminent threat to North Carolina’s 18 barrier islands ... updating flood plain maps, buying out storm-damaged properties, and raising buildings up on stilts — but ...

The latest science is off limits for North Carolina policymakers ... a one-meter rise in sea level, under which up to 2,000 square miles would be threatened. A projection map showing land along ...

North Carolina legislators voted in 2012 to ban ... or even wiped off the map, by sea-level rise or worsening storm surge from tropical cyclones — not to mention the people who could lose ...

The sea level rise will continue for centuries into the future and it will radically redraw the map of North Carolina and the entire U.S. coast. Orrin H. Pilkey and Keith C. Pilkey are co-authors ...

The state's top committee of coastal experts has said North Carolina and coastal communities needs to plan to deal with at least 1 foot of sea-level rise by 2050 − a date officials warn that's ...

Sea level rise maps meant to help people understand how future flooding could impact their lives may be backfiring, a new study has found. The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal ...