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Rhode Island Grapples With Rising Seas And Vanishing Coast

Rhode Island faces one of the highest rates of sea level rise in the world.
Tegan Wendland
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WWNO
Rhode Island faces one of the highest rates of sea level rise in the world.

As climate change causes the sea levels to rise, local and state governments are grappling with how to prepare. With its extensive coast and location in the northeast United States, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts will see the highest sea level rise, Rhode Island is at-risk.

WWNO coastal reporter, Tegan Wendland, spoke with the director of the state’s Coastal Resources Management Council, Grover Fugate, about what Rhode Island is doing to prepare.

Rhode Island Grapples With Rising Seas And Vanishing Coast

Support for the Coastal Desk comes from the Walton Family Foundation, the Coypu Foundation and the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

Support for this interview comes from the University of Rhode Island’s Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting.

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Tegan Wendland is a freelance producer with a background in investigative news reporting. She currently produces the biweekly segment, Northshore Focus.