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NGS Collaborates on Chesapeake Bay Sea Level Rise Study

Friday October 9, 2020

NGS is collaborating on a study of land subsidence (the gradual sinking of the Earth’s surface) in the Chesapeake Bay region. The Bay is the nation’s largest estuary and has a faster rate of sea level rise than anywhere else on the East Coast. As regional communities are dealing with nuisance flooding and the loss of coastal wetlands, it is important to understand which impacts on land elevation and water levels are due to global sea level rise and which may be caused by local, human activities (e.g. groundwater withdrawals). This study will span five years and collect precise measurements at 55 benchmark points every October. Results of the study will help inform resiliency plans and coastal management throughout the area.

For more information, contact: Philippe Hensel