What Causes Sea Level Rise and How Is It Affecting New Jersey's Coastal Communities?

• This video explains how rising temperatures lead to sea level rise and how sea level rise impacts coastal communities in New Jersey.
• It advocates for democratic discussions to make the necessary decisions about the future of these coastal communities.

Positives 

• It includes maps of coastal flooding along the Jersey Shore and expert interviews that explain the concepts clearly.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the terms infrastructure and land-use planning.
• Students should know what is meant by deliberative democratic discussions when referring to climate actions and solutions.

Differentiation

• Students can use a map of New Jersey to identify the specific coastal communities that are vulnerable to 2 feet of sea-level rise and 6 feet of sea-level rise.
• Students studying urban planning can discuss the specific land-use planning decisions that can be made to address vulnerable coastal communities and relocation.
• Other resources about the impacts of sea-level rise include Sea Level Rise: Climate Change Impacts, Sea Level Rise Viewer, Inside a City Redesigned for Superstorms and Sea Level Rise, Google Earth - Sea Level Rise and the Fate of Coastal Cities, and Youth Climate Story: Sea Level Rise in Massachusetts. 
• Other resources related to this topic from Rutgers Climate Institute include Climate Change: What's at Stake for New Jersey? and How Can We Respond to Climate Change?