Sea level rise isn't just dry dry dry dry dry UNDERWATER There's a long middle where flood frequency increases and coastal ecosystems are impacted slowly lose the fight to keep up with increasing water levels. For today's #DailyPaper: coastal marshes crossing SLR threshold to start drowning.

Rising seas could cross thresholds for initiating coastal wetland drowning within decades across much of the United States - Communications Earth & Environment

Coastal wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast of the United States could begin drowning within decades due to rising sea levels, according to a study of future sea-level rise scenar...

This reminds me of the 2014 article "Louisiana Loses its Boot" with the change to the iconic state outline. medium.com/matter/louis...

Louisiana Loses Its Boot

The boot-shaped state isn’t shaped like that anymore. So, we revised its iconic outline to reflect the truth about a sinking place.

What gets me is that "sea level rise" discussions are accompanied by the existing infrastructure just with water half way up the side Another component of atmospheric energy is wind, a LOT of that infrastructure will be no more than wreckage, but that is never portrayed, despite existing evidence

My thoughts about sea level rise always go back to how it will impact groundwater in the area long before you see land underwater. There's already saltwater intrusion into those freshwater aquifers in a lot of costal cities. Slow persistent damage to ecosystems, water treatment, everything.

kelly do you know of any site online where potential flooding events could be mapped based on rain amount/water table? i’ve looked at floodplain maps but i don’t know how to ask “if that happened here, where would we be?” scenario.

At the local beach the La Ninas with record rain has been eating away at the beach and the big swells have been draining the sand away. The nearby tributary was dredged and had the sand dumped for the beaches over a year ago, and already it has drained back out to sea, and the beach has eroded againAt the local beach the La Ninas with record rain has been eating away at the beach and the big swells have been draining the sand away. The nearby tributary was dredged and had the sand dumped for the beaches over a year ago, and already it has drained back out to sea, and the beach has eroded again

Lost a / somewhere in that thought, whatever dude it's been a long day