In a recent news feature — “Sea-level Rise Hits Home at NASA” — NASA addresses the sustainability of their coastal facilities with the ever increasing threat from sea-level rise. Several storms in the last decade near Cape Canaveral, FL have already caused $100 million worth of damage to Kennedy Space Center. Research by Drs. Peter Adams and John Jaegar, Department of Geological Sciences Associate Professors, have conducted GPS surveys over the past 5 years to assess the rate and major causes of shoreline retreat. Their research helps NASA predict the impact of future climate change as the sea-level rises and the ferocity of storms increases. Read the full feature published by NASA.
“Sea-level Rise Hits Home at NASA” — NASA Earth Observatory New Feature
News Story at UF Dept. of Geological Sciences page: http://geology.ufl.edu/news/2015/nasa-impact-sea-level-rise/