lightblueline

Wired News reports on Jim Titus's data, which show the vulnerability of Eastern US beaches to even small amounts of sea-level rise. (Jim has been providing EPA data for the Lightblueline effort).

You can read the whole article on the Wired site: EPA Scientist Says East Coast Beaches Threatened by Sea Level, But Nobody’s Listening

Here is an excerpt:

This image is from the CIESIN website. It is part of a project co-authored by New York liner Deborah Balk. The maps are hosted by the NASA SEDAC program at Columbia University:
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
You can view all the maps and the report here:
LOW ELEVATION COASTAL ZONE (LECZ) URBAN-RURAL ESTIMATES