Observation of the coastal areas, estuaries and deltas from space

B Laignel, S Vignudelli, R Almar, M Becker… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
Coastal regions (including estuaries and deltas) are very complex environments with
diverse hydrodynamic and bio-geomorphological contexts and with important socio …

Integrating new sea‐level scenarios into coastal risk and adaptation assessments: An ongoing process

RJ Nicholls, SE Hanson, JA Lowe… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The release of new and updated sea‐level rise (SLR) information, such as from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports, needs to be …

A global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change and coastal flood exposure

RJ Nicholls, D Lincke, J Hinkel, S Brown… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate-induced sea-level rise and vertical land movements, including natural and human-
induced subsidence in sedimentary coastal lowlands, combine to change relative sea levels …

Sea level rise risks and societal adaptation benefits in low-lying coastal areas

AK Magnan, M Oppenheimer, M Garschagen… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Sea level rise (SLR) will increase adaptation needs along low-lying coasts worldwide.
Despite centuries of experience with coastal risk, knowledge about the effectiveness and …

A global analysis of extreme coastal water levels with implications for potential coastal overtopping

R Almar, R Ranasinghe, EWJ Bergsma, H Diaz… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change and anthropogenic pressures are widely expected to exacerbate coastal
hazards such as episodic coastal flooding. This study presents global-scale potential coastal …

Global LiDAR land elevation data reveal greatest sea-level rise vulnerability in the tropics

A Hooijer, R Vernimmen - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Coastal flood risk assessments require accurate land elevation data. Those to date existed
only for limited parts of the world, which has resulted in high uncertainty in projections of …

Influence of El Niño on the variability of global shoreline position

R Almar, J Boucharel, M Graffin, GO Abessolo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coastal zones are fragile and complex dynamical systems that are increasingly under threat
from the combined effects of anthropogenic pressure and climate change. Using global …

Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency

MP Rao, ER Cook, BI Cook, RD D'Arrigo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The lower Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh and Northeast India often floods
during the monsoon season, with catastrophic consequences for people throughout the …

Synthesis of the distribution of subsidence of the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh

MS Steckler, B Oryan, CA Wilson, C Grall… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deltas, the low-lying land at river mouths, are sensitive to the delicate balance between sea
level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. Bangladesh and the Ganges-Brahmaputra …

Assessment and attribution of mangrove Forest changes in the Indian Sundarbans from 2000 to 2020

S Samanta, S Hazra, PP Mondal, A Chanda, S Giri… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Indian Sundarbans, together with Bangladesh, comprise the largest mangrove forest in
the world. Reclamation of the mangroves in this region ceased in the 1930s. However, they …