Rural areas near coast will bear the brunt of U.S. sea-level rise

ScienceDaily
Jun 14, 2022, 7:37 pm156 pts
A new analysis using highly detailed elevation maps of the Chesapeake Bay suggests that North America's extensive areas of low-lying rural land will allow coastal marshes to persist or even expand as salty water creeps upward into what are now forests and farmland.

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