Paerl, H. W., Hall, N. S., Hounshell, A. G., Luettich Jr., R. A., Rossignol, K. L., Osburn, C. L.. 2019. Recent Increase in Catastrophic Tropical Cyclone Flooding in Coastal North Carolina, USA: Long-Term Observations Suggest a Regime Shift: Nature Scientific Reports. , . , .

Analysis, Climate change, Stormwater, Floods, Climate, Natural disasters

This article evaluates the pattern of increasingly frequent flood events from tropical cyclones in the coastal regions of North Carolina (U.S.). The article proposes that these observations represent a regime shift, which affects hydroloy, nutrient cycling, and habitat in coastal zones.