Sea level rise

Flooding during and after big storms is always a problem in North Carolina's coastal areas. But it's also a growing headache on clear days when high tides creep up over waterfronts, flow in through storm drains and flood streets. Experts say high-tide flooding worsens with climate change and sea-level rise, causing more frequent flooding in coastal communities. Climate reporter David Boraks has more in the final installment of WHQR's series "Rising Waters."

Developers are pushing for a new zoning rule to allow development across from Wilmington's downtown riverfront. Environmentalists and advocates want to stop new building from happening. But for most of Wilmington's long history, the west bank of Cape Fear was heavily industrialized.

Along the coastal barrier islands of the Atlantic coast, maritime forests are home to mammals, reptiles, insects, plants, and migrating birds. They’re vital to coastal and storm resilience. And some coastal trees date back to the 1st century. In recent decades, commercial development has threatened these ecosystems — but now, another threat is not only clearing forests, but burying them beneath the sea.

King tides correlate with the earth’s position to the moon. Researchers are now using the naturally-occurring events to help visualize coastal areas under future, human-caused sea-level rise. And anyone can participate.

The overwhelming majority of climate scientists, international governmental bodies, and research institutes all agree: climate change is real. And with…

Dara Royal is one of six candidates on the ballot for Oak Island Town Council. Her family first bought property in the town in the late 1950s, when she…

Sea levels will rise faster and higher by the end of the century than earlier estimates – even if the world meets the long-term goals set out in the Paris…

This edition first aired February 21, 2019.Coastal communities on barrier islands will not exist as they are in 30 to 150 years from now. That’s according…

The ice sheets that blanket Antarctica and Greenland are melting faster, and that fact is a source of concern and intense study by climate researchers.…

North Carolina has a controversial history when it comes to its willingness to accept and plan for sea level rise. In 2012, the state legislature enacted…