56,000 Homes On NJ Coast Facing At Least One Flood/Year From Sea Level Rise By 2050
Gosh, if only someone had warned us that this could happen!!!
Some 62,000 people and 56,000 homes on and near the New Jersey Shore will see at least one annual flood because of sea-level rise by 2050, even if the world makes sweeping cuts to carbon emissions now, according to a new online tool released Wednesday by Climate Central, a New Jersey-based research and advocacy nonprofit.
The number of New Jersey residents facing annual flooding by 2050 rises to 68,000 under current “moderate” global commitments to reduce heat-trapping emissions, according to data from Coastal Risk Finder, an updated tool that allows users along the nation’s coastlines to identify and plan for their future flood risk under different scenarios.
Unchecked global climate pollution would result in 74,000 New Jersey residents in 66,000 homes facing increased flood risk over the next 25 years. The Climate Central tool uses sea-level rise projections by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for all three scenarios.
“Users wanted a simple, intuitive interface, and one that surfaces clear, takeaway messages while providing the depth and detail to back them up,” said Dan Rizza, director of the sea-level rise program at the Princeton, New Jersey-based group during a pre-release briefing for reporters. “It delivers clear, shareable messages.” The new projections for the extent of sea-level rise and its effects on coastal areas are the latest effort to predict the impact of climate-driven ocean rise on the U.S. coast as a whole. In New Jersey, climate experts, academics and state officials are trying to anticipate sea-level rise effects on a low-lying, heavily developed and densely populated coastline that is especially vulnerable to rising seas.
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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03042025/new-study-projects-climate-driven-flooding-for-thousands-of-new-jersey-homes/
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