Global Warming Affecting Massachusetts Costal Areas

Global warming is of particular concern to all coastal areas. Experts say that sea levels have already risen about a half a foot around here. We currently lose about 65 acres a year along the southern New England coastline due to erosion, but that's nothing compared to what could happen if global warming isn't checked.

The historic Blizzard of '78 is considered a once in one hundred year storm. That timetable, however, will most likely change with global warming. Paul Kirshen studies weather issues at Tufts University and he says "so what that means, like the Blizzard of '78, instead of occurring on the average every 100 years, it would occur on the average every 10 years. Professor Kirshen has researched how rising sea levels could impact the Boston Area. His computer graphics show wide scale flooding under a worst case scenario at the end of the century.