Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion

MI Vousdoukas, R Ranasinghe, L Mentaschi… - Nature climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Sandy beaches occupy more than one-third of the global coastline and have high
socioeconomic value related to recreation, tourism and ecosystem services. Beaches are …

Global long-term observations of coastal erosion and accretion

L Mentaschi, MI Vousdoukas, JF Pekel… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in coastal morphology have broad consequences for the sustainability of
coastal communities, structures and ecosystems. Although coasts are monitored locally in …

Global probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels show intensification of coastal flood hazard

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Global warming is expected to drive increasing extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk
along the world's coastlines. In this work we present probabilistic projections of ESLs for the …

Small Island Developing States under threat by rising seas even in a 1.5° C warming world

MI Vousdoukas, P Athanasiou, A Giardino… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have long been recognized as some of the
planet's most vulnerable areas to climate change, notably to rising sea levels and coastal …

Climatic and socioeconomic controls of future coastal flood risk in Europe

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Rising extreme sea levels (ESLs) and continued socioeconomic development in coastal
zones will lead to increasing future flood risk along the European coastline. We present a …

Extreme sea levels on the rise along Europe's coasts

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Earth's …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Future extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk along European coasts will be strongly
impacted by global warming. Yet, comprehensive projections of ESL that include mean sea …

[HTML][HTML] Morphodynamics of sandy beaches under the influence of storm sequences: Current research status and future needs

S Eichentopf, H Karunarathna, JM Alsina - Water Science and Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reviews and discusses the current research status, trends, and future needs in
the field of beach morphodynamics under the influence of storm sequences. The paper …

Projections of extreme storm surge levels along Europe

MI Vousdoukas, E Voukouvalas, A Annunziato… - Climate Dynamics, 2016 - Springer
Storm surges are an important coastal hazard component and it is unknown how they will
evolve along Europe's coastline in view of climate change. In the present contribution, the …

Bridging the gap between resilience and geomorphology of complex coastal systems

K Kombiadou, S Costas, AR Carrasco… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Resilience has been used over a wide range of scientific fields and often ambiguously,
causing confusion over terminology and concepts and giving rise to distinct interpretations …

Global changes of extreme coastal wave energy fluxes triggered by intensified teleconnection patterns

L Mentaschi, MI Vousdoukas… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we conducted a comprehensive modeling analysis to identify global trends in
extreme wave energy flux (WEF) along coastlines in the 21st century under a high emission …