February 22, 2012 | 10:30 AM | By

“What Will Sea Level Rise Mean For Martha’s Vineyard?”

Buyer beware: this is not a post for the data-shy. But if you’d like to know where statistics like “a rise of 1 meter would affect 1% of the land area of Dukes County” come from, this is it.


Fueled by warming global temperatures, sea level is rising throughout New England . Dukes County, Massachusetts, which is composed of the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Gosnold (South of Cape Cod and West of Nantucket in the map above), could be especially vulnerable to loss of land reclaimed by the sea.

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