Impacts of GlobalWarming on North Carolina’s Coastal Economy
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dr.. Christopher F. Dumas, Professor of Economics (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
Abstract: The North Carolina coast is particularlyvulnerable to sea-level rise for several reasons:the land has very little slope, meaning that evensmall increases in sea level result in a wideexpanse of coastal land being inundated and lost.In addition, while sea level is rising globally due to warming, the coastal land in this area is slowly sinking due to tectonic forces, so the relative sealevel rise is larger here than in places where the coastline is stable or rising. Thus the current rate of sea-level rise in this area is about twice the global average.
Impacts of GlobalWarming on North Carolina’s Coastal Economy
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- Publication
- https://econ.appstate.edu/climate/
- Language: English
- Date: 2007
- Keywords
- sea level rise, economy, north carolina