Research Report
High Tide for Hype on the OBX: Apocalyptic predictions miss the mark on North Carolina sea levels
posted September 25, 2012 by Patrick Michaels
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s (CRC) forecast of sea level rise from climate change is far greater than the consensus estimate of the United Nations, and Atlantic hurricane activity exhibits no systematic changes in the last hundred years. It is therefore unlikely that catastrophic climate change outcomes await residents of the Outer Banks over the next hundred years.