Aug. 28 began the five-day #CapturetheKing and #BeTheEyesOnTheRise photo crowd-sourcing initiative along the Jersey Coast, run by the Jacques Cousteau National Estuary Research Reserve.? Residents were enlisted to document the higher-than-normal tide heights and flooding during this “king tide” period, “illustrating what coastal locations will increasingly experience as sea levels rise,” the JCNERR explained.

Rutgers University, which administers the Reserve, explained that, as a result of a new moon, New Jersey would see…