Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Global climate change drives sea-level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding. In most coastal regions, the amount of sea-level rise occurring over years to decades is significantly smaller than normal ocean-level fluctuations caused by tides,
Sean Vitousek +5 more
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New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m. This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model (DEM) used to assess global and national population exposures to extreme coastal ...
Scott A Kulp, Benjamin H Strauss
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Using remarkability to define coastal flooding thresholds. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2020 Coastal flooding is increasingly common in many areas. However, the degree of inundation and associated disruption depend on local topography as well as the distribution of people, infrastructure and economic activity along the coast.
Moore FC, Obradovich N.
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Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 UNESCO World Heritage located in low-lying coastal areas is increasingly at risk from flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise. This study shows that up to 82% of cultural World Heritage sites located in the Mediterranean will be at risk from coastal ...
Lena Reimann +4 more
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The potential for coral reef restoration to mitigate coastal flooding as sea levels rise. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 The capacity of coral reefs to keep pace with sea-level rise is central to their ability to continue to provide shoreline protection to vulnerable coastal communities.
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Venice as a paradigm of coastal flooding under multiple compound drivers. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Full comprehension of the dynamics of hazardous sea levels is indispensable for assessing and managing coastal flood risk, especially under a changing climate. The 12 November 2019 devastating flood in the historical city of Venice (Italy) stimulated new
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Benefits of subsidence control for coastal flooding in China. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2022 Land subsidence is impacting large populations in coastal Asia via relative sea-level rise (RSLR). Here we assesses these risks and possible response strategies for China, including estimates of present rates of RSLR, flood exposure and risk to 2050.
Fang J +9 more
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Assessing population exposure to coastal flooding due to sea level rise. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2021 The exposure of populations to sea-level rise (SLR) is a leading indicator assessing the impact of future climate change on coastal regions. SLR exposes coastal populations to a spectrum of impacts with broad spatial and temporal heterogeneity, but ...
Hauer ME +5 more
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Coastal Flooding in the Maldives Induced by Mean Sea-Level Rise and Wind-Waves: From Global to Local Coastal Modelling [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The Maldives, with one of the lowest average land elevations above present-day mean sea level, is among the world regions that will be the most impacted by mean sea-level rise and marine extreme events induced by climate change. Yet, the lack of regional
Ángel Amores +10 more
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Coastal flooding and mean sea-level rise allowances in atoll island. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Atoll islands are among the places most vulnerable to climate change due to their low elevation above mean sea level. Even today, some of these islands suffer from severe flooding generated by wind-waves, that will be exacerbated with mean sea-level rise.
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