Adaptation to Five Metres of Sea Level Rise

• Main Authors: Richard S. J. Tol, Maria Bohn, Thomas E. Downing, Marie-Laure Guillerminet, Eva Hizsnyik, Roger Kasperson, Kate Lonsdale, Claire Mays, Robert J. Nicholls, Alexander A. Olsthoorn, Gabriele Pfeifle, Marc Poumadere, Ferenc L. Toth, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Peter E. van der Werff, I. Hakan Yetkiner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Antarctic; Rhone; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13669870600717632

There is an unknown but probably small probability that the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) will collapse because of anthropogenic climate change. A WAIS collapse could cause a 5--6 metre global sea level rise within centuries. In three case studies, we investigate the response of society to the mos...