A 2023 update of the 2017 City of Folly Beach Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan. It includes recent climate data, as well as new infrastructure and drainage projects and policy updates.
Sea-Level Rise
Coastal Heritage – Rising Tide: Will Climate Change Drown Coastal Wetlands?
Rising sea level is forcing some salt marshes to migrate inland, exposing communities to more flooding. This process will almost certainly accelerate because of climate change.
Coastal Heritage – Sea-Level Rise: Adapting to a Changing Coast
Climate change is accelerating faster than scientists thought possible just a few years ago, and the rate of global sea-level rise will increase as a result. How will South Carolina adapt?
Coastal Heritage – The Dynamic Coast: Living with Shoreline Change
Climate change and global sea-level rise are happening, and now is the time to discuss impacts and tools to adapt, scientists say.
Coastal Heritage – First Impacts: Natural Systems Face Sea-Level Rise
Barrier and hammock islands, marshes, tidal wetlands, and their plants and creatures will have to be early adapters as the warming ocean creeps higher in coming decades.
Town of Edisto Beach Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment
The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium (SCSGC), Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), and College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Hazards Center (LCHC) assessed Edisto Beach’s vulnerability to flooding and sea level rise using a variety of methods.
Flood Vulnerability Assessment: City of Beaufort, S.C.
A report by a team from S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments on the history and science of rising sea levels and potential flood mitigation strategies was prepared for the City of Beaufort and presented at a public meeting in January, 2020.
Causes and Effects of Our Rising Seas Educator Lesson Plan
This educator lesson plan uses simple materials to teach about sea-level rise. Discuss the main differences between sea ice and glacial ice, how melting sea ice and/or glacial ice impacts currents and sea level, and how thermohaline circulation affects climate.
Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Summer 2011
This newsletter includes: The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium received high marks from a national review team. SECOORA spun off the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium as an independent non-profit for ocean observation. A climate adaptation initiative lead to the creation of flood and sea-level rise maps for Charleston, S.C. Researchers looked into the causes of hypoxic events in Long Bay off the coast of Myrtle Beach. Researchers studied the survival rates of horseshoe crabs after bleeding for medical purposes. A brochure on low impact development was released, as well as a web portal showing South Carolina LID projects.
Assessing the Impact of Saltwater Intrusion in the Carolinas under Future Climatic and Sea Level Conditions
Scientists investigated the threat of saltwater intrusion in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin under conditions influenced by ongoing and future climatic change with an emphasis on changes in the frequency and duration of saltwater intrusion events with increasing sea levels.