The Elizabeth River spills over its hardened shoreline onto Mowbray Arch in Norfolk, Va., during a storm on July 29, 2017. Norfolk is the second largest population center at risk from sea level rise, behind New Orleans, land subsidence combined with rising sea level can cause so-called nuisance flooding during high tide, even during good weather. (Photo by Skyler Ballard/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Deal Island and Deal Island State Wildlife Management Area seen in Somerset County, Md., on March 20, 2017. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program with aerial support by Southwings)
I believe Lower Hoopers Island had substantially subsided to the point humans abandoned it to sheep before the Industrial Revolution, before significant drawdown for irrigation,...
First learned of bay subsidence while flying over Virginia peninsula yesterday. Pleased to find information so clear and concise explaining its cause and relevance to other climate change issues.
I wasn't aware of the land subsidence issue in regard to coastal flooding, either. That is helpful to know. Thank you.
I wasn't aware that land subsidence is as critical a problem as this article describes. Thanks for pointing that out.
Thank you!
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I believe Lower Hoopers Island had substantially subsided to the point humans abandoned it to sheep before the Industrial Revolution, before significant drawdown for irrigation,...
First learned of bay subsidence while flying over Virginia peninsula yesterday. Pleased to find information so clear and concise explaining its cause and relevance to other climate change issues.
I wasn't aware of the land subsidence issue in regard to coastal flooding, either. That is helpful to know. Thank you.
I wasn't aware that land subsidence is as critical a problem as this article describes. Thanks for pointing that out.
Thank you!
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