Assessing the Mid-Atlantic Coast's Economic Vulnerability To Climate Change

Ocean City, Maryland boardwalk
Ocean City, Maryland (pictured) is among the coastal communities whose economic livelihood is threatened by climate change, according to new reports from the Middlebury Institute’s Center for the Blue Economy.

The Center for the Blue Economy, in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has published a first-of-its-kind report for The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) examining Mid-Atlantic vulnerabilities of several critical economic sectors to climate change. The report quantifies the potential impacts of threats like sea level rise, rising ocean temperatures and changes in the ocean’s chemistry to communities and businesses in 63 counties and independent cities along the coast from New York to Virginia.