Preparing the Coast for Rising Seas

The Texas coastline is thousands of miles away from the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, but it’s on the frontline of rising sea levels caused by the retreating ice.

A conference hosted by Jackson School of Geosciences researchers at the University of Houston in April brought together polar and costal scientists and stakeholders from the Texas coast to discuss how data on sea-level rise can be leveraged by communities who stand to be the most impacted by its effects.

The four-day conference included lectures on how glaciers are contributing to sea level rise, projecting the local impacts of global sea level rise, and the information city planners need to prepare.

This event was organized by a new Jackson School research center, which is bringing together scientists to better understand the impacts of sea level rise on Texas.