Calling all citizen scientists! The highest tides of 2021 are hitting the New Jersey coast this month, and Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve staff are asking residents to help document the flooding. A King Tide Photo Contest runs this week, with the chance to win prizes and be featured on the JCNERR’s social media and website.
King Tides, the reserve explains, “occur when a new or full moon coincides with the moon being at its closest point to earth in its orbit.
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