Rising sea levels and the increase of shoreline wave energy at American Samoa

Abstract American Samoa is experiencing rapid relative sea level rise due to increases in global sea level and significant post-2009 earthquake land subsidence, endangering homes and critical infrastructure. Wave and water-level observations collected over a fringing reef at Faga‘itua Bay, American...

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Main Authors: Austin T. Barnes, Janet M. Becker, Kelley A. Tagarino, William C. O’Reilly, Mika Siegelman, Philip R. Thompson, Mark A. Merrifield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55636-y