Massachusetts is planning for a scenario that projects sea level rise of 1.2 feet by 2030, 3.2 feet by 2060, and 7.6 feet by the year 2100.
After focusing earlier this year on whether people of all races and abilities feel welcome at public beaches in the Boston Harbor region, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission is turning its attention to defending those spaces from the rising tides of climate change.preliminary reportThe study looks at the conditions and potential for flooding at 14 area beaches, along with elements like seawalls, dunes, and breakwaters that could be suitable in some of those places.
There's still time to act: lowering emissions and limiting warming can prevent a worst-case scenario with sea level rise. Oceanographers like William Sweet from NOAA expect sea levels to rise an average of 1 foot by 2060 along coasts of the United States, but how much higher the water line will go in the future is less certain. "It's really dependent upon future emissions and future heating," Sweet says.
Sen. Brendan Crighton said one of the new"pastimes" in his city is"going down to the seawall all along from King's Beach all the way to Nahant, any time there's a storm, and watching the waves crash over." "What we really need to start talking about is beach lowering, not just beach erosion back into the community. We are losing beach volume and that's something we really need to address," Knisel told the commission.
She pointed to Constitution Beach in East Boston, where dunes with a"reinforced core" were installed that help protect the MBTA's Blue Line from flooding.
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