Earth Day Weekend – Showcased High Tide On Main Street
The last few days have been busy yet rewarding. Largely due to the focus on Earth Day — April 22nd — there were many special opportunities to add to the awareness of my book, High Tide On Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis.
From a tour of the damage in the area around Atlantic City, to a presentation at The Explorers Club on Earth Day, to being featured in USA TODAY as one of the twelve best environmental books of the year, it has been a full schedule. The response from diverse audiences has been gratifying.
It gives me strong encouragement to continue the message about how long term sea level rise will gradually move the shoreline inland over the coming centuries, requiring us to adapt in a way that is hard to fathom. In the near term, SLR combines with storm surge and extreme tides as demonstrated by Superstorm Sandy.