Similarly, changes in total salt marsh area reach a 17% increase by 2050 in Somerset County, and a positive trend in this variable is evident in the entire time series.
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Assessing the potential long-term effects of sea-level rise on salt marsh's coastal protective capacity under different climate pathway scenarios.
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While negligible changes are anticipated for Wicomico County when compared to the stabilized emission pathway scenario, Worcester County starts showing a negative trend in the salt marsh area after 2050, when the values for average of the maximum Hs reach 0.21 m by 2080, twice as much as in the baseline scenario (Fig. 6 g).