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Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding

Published:2018-04-06 Issue:4 Volume:4 Page:
ISSN:2375-2548
Container-title:Science Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:Sci. Adv.

Author:

Storlazzi Curt D.¹^ORCID,Gingerich Stephen B.²^ORCID,van Dongeren Ap³^ORCID,Cheriton Olivia M.¹^ORCID,Swarzenski Peter W.⁴^ORCID,Quataert Ellen³^ORCID,Voss Clifford I.⁵^ORCID,Field Donald W.⁶^ORCID,Annamalai Hariharasubramanian⁷^ORCID,Piniak Greg A.⁶^ORCID,McCall Robert³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.

2. U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR 97201, USA.

3. Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.

4. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Environment Laboratories, IAEA, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.

5. U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.

7. International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

Abstract

Sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding will damage freshwater resources of most atolls and soon render them uninhabitable.

Funder

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Geological Survey

Deltares

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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