Low‐elevation coastal areas are increasingly vulnerable to seawater flooding as sea levels
rise and the frequency and intensity of large storms increase with climate change. Seawater …

For millennia, agriculture has been shaping landscapes on Earth. Technological change
has increased agricultural productivity dramatically, especially in the past six decades, but …

Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards, with particularly disastrous impacts in
low-income countries. This study presents global estimates of the number of people …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

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 …

The African coast contains heritage sites of 'Outstanding Universal Value'that face
increasing risk from anthropogenic climate change. Here, we generated a database of 213 …

Coastal land can be lost at rapid rates due to relative sea-level rise (RSLR) resulting from
local land subsidence. However, the comparative severity of local land subsidence is …

Exposure to coastal flooding is increasing due to growing population and economic activity.
These developments go hand-in-hand with a loss and deterioration of ecosystems …

We measured subsidence rates in 99 coastal cities around the world between 2015 and
2020 using the PS Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar method and Sentinel‐1 data. In …

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 …