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Topic: Sea level rise

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.

Hawaiian Monk Seal, swims in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

NOAA scientists aid at-risk Hawaiian monk seals in face of sea level rise

February 1, 2023

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Hawaiian Monk Seal, swims in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

Californians living on the coast may be used to seeing so-called "King Tides," a regular phenomenon where high tides are higher than normal on certain days of the year. Shown here: Embarcadero Waterfront in San Francisco, California

Sea Level Rise Technical Report application guide now available

June 22, 2022

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Californians living on the coast may be used to seeing so-called "King Tides," a regular phenomenon where high tides are higher than normal on certain days of the year. Shown here: Embarcadero Waterfront in San Francisco, California

Flooding in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 16, 2014.

U.S. coastline to see up to a foot of sea level rise by 2050

February 15, 2022

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Flooding in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 16, 2014.

Californians living on the coast may be used to seeing so-called "King Tides," a regular phenomenon where high tides are higher than normal on certain days of the year. Shown here: Embarcadero Waterfront in San Francisco, California

NOAA, partners to issue long-term sea level projections for U.S.

February 11, 2022

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Californians living on the coast may be used to seeing so-called "King Tides," a regular phenomenon where high tides are higher than normal on certain days of the year. Shown here: Embarcadero Waterfront in San Francisco, California

Free diver from the Puget Sound Restoration Fund collects sugar kelp to propagate at NOAA Fisheries' Manchester Research Station.

Video: Our climate & our fisheries — join the conversation

January 25, 2022

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Free diver from the Puget Sound Restoration Fund collects sugar kelp to propagate at NOAA Fisheries' Manchester Research Station.

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