Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users

RE Kopp, M Oppenheimer, JL O'Reilly… - Nature climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Future sea-level change is characterized by both quantifiable and unquantifiable
uncertainties. Effective communication of both types of uncertainty is a key challenge in …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] On the exploitation of remote sensing technologies for the monitoring of coastal and river delta regions

Q Zhao, J Pan, AT Devlin, M Tang, C Yao… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing technologies are extensively applied to prevent, monitor, and forecast
hazardous risk conditions in the present-day global climate change era. This paper presents …

The timing of decreasing coastal flood protection due to sea-level rise

THJ Hermans, V Malagón-Santos, CA Katsman… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Sea-level rise amplifies the frequency of extreme sea levels by raising their baseline height.
Amplifications are often projected for arbitrary future years and benchmark frequencies …

[HTML][HTML] Sea level dynamics and coastal erosion in the Baltic Sea region

R Weisse, I Dailidienė, B Hünicke… - Earth System …, 2021 - esd.copernicus.org
There are a large number of geophysical processes affecting sea level dynamics and
coastal erosion in the Baltic Sea region. These processes operate on a large range of …

[HTML][HTML] Regional variations in relative sea-level changes influenced by nonlinear vertical land motion

J Oelsmann, M Marcos, M Passaro, L Sanchez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Vertical land movements can cause regional relative sea-level changes to differ
substantially from climate-driven absolute sea-level changes. Whereas absolute sea level …

Localized uplift, widespread subsidence, and implications for sea level rise in the New York City metropolitan area

B Buzzanga, DPS Bekaert, BD Hamlington… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Regional relative sea level rise is exacerbating flooding hazards in the coastal zone. In
addition to changes in the ocean, vertical land motion (VLM) is a driver of spatial variation in …

[HTML][HTML] Disappearing cities on US coasts

LO Ohenhen, M Shirzaei, C Ojha, SF Sherpa… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The sea level along the US coastlines is projected to rise by 0.25–0.3 m by 2050, increasing
the probability of more destructive flooding and inundation in major cities,–. However, these …

Sea level rise projections up to 2150 in the northern Mediterranean coasts

A Vecchio, M Anzidei, E Serpelloni - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Vertical land movements (VLM) play a crucial role in affecting the sea level rise along the
coasts. They need to be estimated and included in the analysis for more accurate Sea Level …

Melting ice and rising seas–connecting projected change in Antarctica's ice sheets to communities in Aotearoa New Zealand

R Levy, T Naish, D Lowry, R Priestley… - Journal of the Royal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Changes in global mean sea level are a clear indicator of a warming climate, but local
factors including land subsidence or uplift, cause changes in relative sea level that drive …