Environment & Sea Level Rise

The property, called Mattanock Town, is already home to the tribe’s headquarters and annual pow wow celebration.

Preservation Virginia said the communities of Hobson and Oakland are both threatened by flooding and encroaching modern development.

The state Department of Environmental Quality says stricter federal air pollution standards could tip more days from being considered good to moderate quality.

The city is planning to restore nearly 50 acres of marsh habitat lost from erosion.

Norfolk was one of five stops along the East Coast during NOAA’s Hurricane Awareness Tour this week.

The Middle Peninsula is often called the septic repair capital of the East Coast. Failing systems can flood yards with sewage, threatening the health of people and the environment.

The school would be the first to offer a marine science degree to undergraduate students at a public university in Virginia.

Hint: It’s got to do with Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project.

Eight local whale fatalities fit into a concerning coastwide trend stretching back to 2017, in which several whale species have been dying at unusually high rates in the Atlantic Ocean.

A new economic model from North Carolina researchers suggests that tax incentives for high income property owners and federal subsidies for beach nourishment projects continue to increase coastal property prices, despite growing climate risks from sea level rise.