Sea Levels

Over the past couple of decades, many North Carolina beachfront houses have been lost to the Atlantic Ocean. As climate change brings rising sea levels, the search for solutions becomes more pressing. As part of our "Rising Waters," WHQR's David Boraks has this report.

Coastal experts say North Carolina lacks the money and laws it needs to deal with hundreds of beachfront houses at risk of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean because of sea level rise and erosion. A new state task force is looking for solutions.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered an update of construction rules for state-owned buildings that takes into account the effects of sea level rise and climate change.

Rising sea levels, salt water intrusion and more intense storms due to climate change are forcing farmers in eastern North Carolina to fight back and even take some fields out of production. WFAE climate reporter David Boraks and Climate Central's John Upton visited Hyde County on the Pamlico Sound and have this report.

A new report by federal climate scientists says sea level rise is accelerating, posing a more immediate threat to coastal areas of the Carolinas and nationwide than previously thought.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017Sea levels are rising faster than anticipated and our state’s beaches are particularly vulnerable. Yet we have no long-term…

A geologist with decades of expertise in climate change and coastal erosion has resigned from the state science advisory panel he helped found. Stan Riggs says politics have made the panel "ineffective."

A state science panel predicts sea level could rise off the coast by an average of seven inches over the next 30 years. The report is the first from the…

The southeast United States faces a host of threats from climate change. Intensifying temperatures and extreme weather could affect anything from dam…

Sea levels all over the east coast are rising. There is generally no dispute about that. But there is much debate about how high our Atlantic sea levels…