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UNC- Institute Of Marine Sciences
Modeling habitat-specific impacts of sea-level rise
East Carolina University Studying the Neuse River Estuary Vanderbilt/USC
The goal of this project is to understand and predict ecological and morphological responses to sea-level rise.
NOAA/ Coast Survey Development Lab
A 2D hydrodynamic model is being used to simulate tidal response
Image above left: Two aerial photos from Cape Hatteras: top is from 1998, bottom shows the same area after Hurricane Isabel, September 25, 2003
Image credit: NOAA,

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This website is designed to inform state and local decision makers as well as the general public in North Carolina about the local and regional effects of current and future sea level rise and as a place of information exchange More

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