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Topic: Sea level rise

Major, moderate, and minor flooding thresholds as dotted lines over a fictional coastal community. From 2000 to 2020 annual flooding days x2 national average.

Sea Level Calculator: A new technical tool for coastal communities

January 13, 2025

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coastal communities

Major, moderate, and minor flooding thresholds as dotted lines over a fictional coastal community. From 2000 to 2020 annual flooding days x2 national average.

Photo showing a sun rises over the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Credit: RJ Mitchell)

Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $17 million for Regional Ocean Partnerships through Investing in America

January 14, 2025

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal communities

Photo showing a sun rises over the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Credit: RJ Mitchell)

Photo showing heavy rains from Hurricane Delta caused river flooding in low lying areas of the Southeast on October 17, 2020. Credit: Victor Ward

NOAA, U.S. Department of Transportation team up to advance climate-smart transportation

November 19, 2024

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extreme weather

Photo showing heavy rains from Hurricane Delta caused river flooding in low lying areas of the Southeast on October 17, 2020. Credit: Victor Ward

Aerial view of Drakes Bay on the Point Reyes Peninsula in California. Brian Cluer/NOAA/NMFS/WCR/CCO.

First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live

September 23, 2024

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coastal communities

Aerial view of Drakes Bay on the Point Reyes Peninsula in California. Brian Cluer/NOAA/NMFS/WCR/CCO.

A beach transitions to rocks and then trees with large downed trees across the rocks.

Community leadership paves the way to promising erosion treatment

April 17, 2024

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coastal restoration

A beach transitions to rocks and then trees with large downed trees across the rocks.

Map image showing the difference between 30-meter and high-resolution land cover data can mean the difference between seeing large amounts of impervious surface versus neighborhoods with patches of forested area. The image on the right shows 30-meter land cover data for Shelter Bay in Skagit County, Washington, while the image on the left shows the same area with 1-meter high-resolution land cover data, making the product 900 times more detailed.

Biden-Harris Administration shares new land cover data to help communities understand coastal change

January 25, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal communities

America the Beautiful

Map image showing the difference between 30-meter and high-resolution land cover data can mean the difference between seeing large amounts of impervious surface versus neighborhoods with patches of forested area. The image on the right shows 30-meter land cover data for Shelter Bay in Skagit County, Washington, while the image on the left shows the same area with 1-meter high-resolution land cover data, making the product 900 times more detailed.

Photo of a flock of oystercatchers on Skidmore Island, part of Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Pamela Denmon, USFWS.

NOAA and NFWF announce $144 million in grants to support coastal resilience projects

November 29, 2023

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coastal ecosystems

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Photo of a flock of oystercatchers on Skidmore Island, part of Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Pamela Denmon, USFWS.

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $20 million for regional fishery management councils as part of Investing in America agenda

October 25, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

ocean acidification

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

Photo of a school of red snapper.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $20 million to boost red snapper science in the Southeast as part of Investing in America agenda

October 25, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

recreational fishing

ocean acidification

Photo of a school of red snapper.

High tide flooding on Smith Island, Maryland in August 2022.

Biden-Harris Administration awards $6.7 million for sea level rise and coastal resilience research

October 18, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

coastal restoration

High tide flooding on Smith Island, Maryland in August 2022.

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