Baseline established to track effects of climate change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. November 15, 2016 A NOAA-sponsored study shows that Pacific coast tidal marshes are more resistant to rising sea levels from climate change than marshes in the Atlantic. Pacific marshes are generally at higher elevations than Atlantic marshes, and Pacific oceanographic circulation tends to push water away from the coast, reducing the effect of sea level rise.
The study, conducted by NOAA’s National Estuarine…
