Maryland
Smith Island residents determined to stay as climate change impacts home
Smith Island residents have faced years of climate-driven adversity, but the ones who call the Maryland island home have no plans of leaving, despite the rising sea levels and erosion.
In the middle of Chesapeake Bay, on an island only accessible by boat, residents shot down offers from Maryland to relocate.
The state in 2013 was concerned about Smith Island's bleak and vulnerable future as the sea level rises and erosion eats away... [5368 chars]