Rutgers professor discusses rising sea levels at Montclair State University

Dr. Kenneth Miller, distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, spoke at the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences at Montclair State University on Tuesday, according to an article from The Montclarion. He discussed how rising sea levels may be impacting both New Jersey and the world.

Also as co-chair of the International Ocean Discovery Program Science Evaluation Panel, Miller presented his findings through the program, according to the article.

“Sea level rise today, 3 millimeters per year, is unprecedented over the past 2,000 years,” Miller said, according to the article.

Miller also touched on his experience of seeing rising sea levels with his own home, according to the article.

“Studying sea level is like politics, it’s all local,” Miller said, according to the article. “I did have a shore house and it was underwater four times during four 100-year storms between 1991 and (Hurricane) Sandy.”

He also spoke about things that should be done in order to help these issues, such as using solar energy and electric vehicles, according to the article.

“We have to mitigate and we have to adapt,” Miller said, according to the article. “We’re moving in the right direction, but we do need to (do) some things that we probably don’t want to do.”