Sea level rise topic of study

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $750,000 for the first year of a $3 million research project to develop the information and tools needed to plan for sea level rise and other consequences of climate change along more than 300 miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico’s shoreline. The study team, led by Dr. Scott Hagen of the University of Central Florida, will develop sea level rise computer models to predict the impacts storms and rising water levels pose to an area between coastal Mississippi and Northwest Florida. The area being studied has three sites in NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System. (Source: NOAA, 08/05/10)