BERLIN, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The sea level will rise remarkably faster than expected so far, German media Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) has reported. The possibility of seeing sea level rise one meter, to a maximum 1.7 meters cannot be excluded, said the NRD report, quoting an internal lette...
Seas are predicted to rise a foot by 2050, regardless of how much global carbon emissions can be reduced. Why is this happening, and what can we do to adapt?
As sea levels are rising, the number of chronic flooding events at high tide is increasing across the world coastlines. Yet, many events reported so far either lack observational evidence of flooding, or relate to coastal areas where ground subsidence or
Sea-level rise will radically redefine the coastline of the 21century. For many coastal regions, projections of global sea-level rise by the year 2100 (e.g., 0.5–2 meters) are comparable in magnitude to today's extreme but short-lived increases in water level due to storms. Thus, the ...
Another way to adapt to sea level rise is by enhancing natural protections. That's happening at the dunes and wetlands of Ormond Beach in Oxnard, California, on the Pacific Ocean. "So, wetlands have a superpower: They're able to buffer against rising seas. Dunes, wetlands can absorb flood...
Coastal response to anthropogenic climate change is of central importance to the infrastructure and inhabitants in these areas. Despite being globally ubiquitous, the stability of rock coasts has been largely neglected, and the expected acceleration of cliff erosion following sea-level rise has not been...
, a fish could take out over three hundred fathoms of line. Now the man watched the dip of the three sticks over the side of the skiff and rowed gently to keep the lines straight up and down and at their proper depths. It was quite light and any moment now the sun would rise....
At the current pace, we can expect at least 15 more inches of sea-level rise by the year 2100. But, as has been the case for the past few decades, the pace of sea-level rise is expected to continue to increase for the foreseeable future. So,15 inches is not only a lower bound,...
In response to this, France is increasingly considering sea level rise in its coastal risks and land use policies. Here, we show that despite real progress in coastal adaptation policies made so far, major challenges remain. We report progress regarding the consideration of ongoing erosion and ...
1). The latter is the result of the fact that the increase in exposed heritage area accelerates as sea-level rise gathers pace (Fig. 2). By 2050 and under high emissions, the median additional exposed area is limited to about 25% of the baseline value (1,719 km2 versus 2,171 km2),...