Editing Neptune City, New Jersey (section)

== Climate change ==
Neptune City is projected to suffer substantial impacts from sea level rise caused by human-caused [[climate change]],<ref name=BI2013>Welsh, Jennifer. [https://www.businessinsider.com/1429-towns-destroyed-by-climate-change-2013-8 'These 1,429 US Towns Could Be Destroyed By Rising Sea Levels"], [[Business Insider]], August 14, 2013. Accessed January 30, 2025.</ref><ref name=ClimateCentral>[https://riskfinder.climatecentral.org/place/neptune-city.nj.us?comparisonType=place&forecastType=NOAA2017_int_p50&level=6&unit=ft Surging Seas Risk Finder: Neptune City, New Jersey, USA], [[Climate Central]]. Accessed January 30, 2025.</ref> including a long-term loss of half its current population.<ref name=BI2013/> Sea level rise has already resulted in [[flood]]ing in Neptune City, with the period 2005–2014 experiencing 39 days of [[coastal flooding]], over three times the average number of coastal flooding days for the decades between 1955 and 2004.<ref name=ClimateCentral/> In moderate [[sea level rise]] scenarios, Neptune City is projected to suffer a 68% chance risk of at least one major flood by 2050, and annual risk of flooding is projected to increase exponentially over the 21st century, with 100% risk of annual flooding for the years after 2100.<ref name=ClimateCentral/>