Damaging coastal storm conditions have become twice as frequent at a New Jersey Beach since 1979

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Research from Rutgers reveals that damaging coastal storm conditions at New Jersey's North Beach on Sandy Hook have doubled in frequency since 1979. This trend indicates an increase in major coastal erosion events along the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Storm conditions capable of causing major coastal erosion at New Jersey's North Beach on Sandy Hook are occurring about twice as often as they did in 1979, according to Rutgers researchers. The finding offers new evidence that storm impacts are becoming more frequent along the Mid-Atlantic coast.