Sea Level Projections From IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere Call for a New Climate Adaptation Strategy in the Skagerrak-Kattegat Seas

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jian Su, Elin Andrée, Jacob W. Nielsen, Steffen M. Olsen, Kristine S. Madsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: sea level rise; IPCC SROCC; North Sea; Baltic Sea; Denmark; storm surge; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Antarctic; Kattegat; Antarc*; Fennoscandian; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.629470; https://doaj.org/article/5473a9055afc40e3ad544c54148a7465

Denmark has a long, complex coastline, connecting the North Sea in the west to the semi-enclosed Baltic Sea in the east, via the Skagerrak-Kattegat Seas. Historical sea level records indicate that relative sea level (RSL) has been increasing along the Danish North Sea coast, south of Skagerrak, foll...