Assessing impacts and responses to global-mean sea-level rise
One of the more certain impacts of human-induced climate change is a rise in global-mean sea level (Nicholls and Lowe, 2004). While the impacts of this sea-level rise are confined to coastal areas, these include the most densely populated land areas on Earth and they support important and productive...
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ftvuamstcris:oai:research.vu.nl:publications/6930f4b1-4ced-4b9d-b571-bbb398658b4d 2023-05-15T13:46:33+02:00 Assessing impacts and responses to global-mean sea-level rise Nicholls, Robert J. Tol, Richard S.J. Hall, Jim W. 2007-01-01 https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/6930f4b1-4ced-4b9d-b571-bbb398658b4d https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511619472.013 http://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/6930f4b1-4ced-4b9d-b571-bbb398658b4d http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51649086924&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=51649086924&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng Cambridge University Press info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Nicholls , R J , Tol , R S J & Hall , J W 2007 , Assessing impacts and responses to global-mean sea-level rise . in Human-Induced Climate Change : An Interdisciplinary Assessment . vol. 9780521866033 , Cambridge University Press , pp. 119-134 . https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511619472.013 bookPart 2007 ftvuamstcris https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511619472.013 2022-01-17T13:35:57Z One of the more certain impacts of human-induced climate change is a rise in global-mean sea level (Nicholls and Lowe, 2004). While the impacts of this sea-level rise are confined to coastal areas, these include the most densely populated land areas on Earth and they support important and productive ecosystems that are sensitive to sea-level change. Further, coasts are also experiencing significant human-induced modification, so sea-level rise and climate change are an additional stress, which amplifies their impacts (Bijlsma, 1996; Kremer et al., 2005). During the twenty-first century, global-mean sea-level rise will likely be less than 1 metre (Church and Gregory, 2001), but still potentially directly affecting at least 200 million people based on 1990 population (Hoozemans et al., 1993; Mimura, 2000). Over the longer term (many centuries), a much larger sea-level rise exceeding 10 m is possible under some emission pathways owing to ablation of the Greenland Ice Sheet and collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, among other changes (Oppenheimer and Alley, 2004; Nicholls and Lowe, 2005). Further, the high human exposure to sea-level rise is increasing rapidly because of global population growth and coastward migration. Therefore, any global assessment of the climate change issue must include the coastal implications. A fundamental result that has long been recognized by climate scientists, but less considered by policy, is that irrespective of future greenhouse gas emissions, there is a “commitment to sea-level rise” (Nicholls and Lowe, 2004; 2005). Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Greenland Ice Sheet Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU): Research Portal Antarctic Greenland Lowe ENVELOPE(-30.309,-30.309,-80.537,-80.537) West Antarctic Ice Sheet 119 134 Cambridge |
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One of the more certain impacts of human-induced climate change is a rise in global-mean sea level (Nicholls and Lowe, 2004). While the impacts of this sea-level rise are confined to coastal areas, these include the most densely populated land areas on Earth and they support important and productive ecosystems that are sensitive to sea-level change. Further, coasts are also experiencing significant human-induced modification, so sea-level rise and climate change are an additional stress, which amplifies their impacts (Bijlsma, 1996; Kremer et al., 2005). During the twenty-first century, global-mean sea-level rise will likely be less than 1 metre (Church and Gregory, 2001), but still potentially directly affecting at least 200 million people based on 1990 population (Hoozemans et al., 1993; Mimura, 2000). Over the longer term (many centuries), a much larger sea-level rise exceeding 10 m is possible under some emission pathways owing to ablation of the Greenland Ice Sheet and collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, among other changes (Oppenheimer and Alley, 2004; Nicholls and Lowe, 2005). Further, the high human exposure to sea-level rise is increasing rapidly because of global population growth and coastward migration. Therefore, any global assessment of the climate change issue must include the coastal implications. A fundamental result that has long been recognized by climate scientists, but less considered by policy, is that irrespective of future greenhouse gas emissions, there is a “commitment to sea-level rise” (Nicholls and Lowe, 2004; 2005). |
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