How Is Sea-Level Rise Affecting Coastal Communities?

Global warming is causing the oceans to rise. For decades, sea level in New Jersey has crept higher and higher. Add a storm or high tide (or both)—and flooding hits harder, faster, and more often than it used to. So what can coastal communities do? Lisa Auermuller, executive director of the Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) at Rutgers University, shares her perspective.