Global probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels show intensification of coastal flood hazard

Extreme sea levels are a flood risk along the world’s coastlines. Here the authors carry out probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels and show that for the present century coastal flood hazards will increase significantly along most of the global coastlines.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michalis I. Vousdoukas, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Evangelos Voukouvalas, Martin Verlaan, Svetlana Jevrejeva, Luke P. Jackson, Luc Feyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04692-w