Support your community in monitoring coastal flooding through community science!

Sea level rise is already driving our high tides higher, increasing coastal flooding in Maine. Twice each month, during the full and new moons, the alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth creates spring tides, higher-than-normal tides. King tides occur a few times a year when spring tides overlap with other planetary cycles, producing the year’s highest water levels. This November and December, Maine will see its peak annual flooding as king tides reach their highest points. To better understand and adapt to rising tides, we need your help monitoring flood impacts in your community!

Join the Gulf of Maine Research Institute for an in-person training where you’ll learn how to contribute observations of local flooding to GMRI’s Coastal Flooding Community Science Project. We’ll meet at Harbor Park to practice collecting data on local flood impacts, equipping you with all the tools you need to continue monitoring on your own during future coastal flood events.

Don’t live in Rockland, that’s okay! We’d love to see folks from surrounding communities too – St. George, South Thomaston, Thomaston, Rockport, Camden...

The data from this project can be used to inform near-term emergency preparedness and long-term climate decisions, bringing Maine closer to a climate-resilient and thriving future.

Registration is not required, but encouraged.