RALEIGH, N.C. — Sea level rise poses a grave threat to salt marshes and other coastal wetlands along the North Carolina coast, according to a newly published study.
North Carolina and Louisiana are the only two states that could lose coastal wetlands under virtually any sea level rise scenario. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Environment Research Communications.
“North Carolina may benefit a lot from different wetlands protection measures, but it also needs to prepare for a world with fewer wetlands and think about what that looks like,” said Climate Central CEO and chief scientist Ben Strauss, who was one of the study’s authors.
