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Photo by MyCoast.org/RI

Rubinoff and Crean also have been engaging citizen scientists using the app called MyCoast, collecting and analyzing photographs of the coast during king tides and storm events to monitor changes. They have five years of photographs showing increasing impacts, which helps people make the case for changes in their neighborhood, such as changing storm drains or wastewater treatment plants. “It’s a way to involve and educate people that low-lying inundation is happening, helping them visualize that today’s unusual high tide can be ‘normal’ in future with sea level rise,” Rubinoff says.

PHOTOGRAPHING AND ANALYZING KING TIDES

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