Coastal Heritage Magazine 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. Changing Norm. As sea...
Coastal Heritage Magazine 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. On the...