A global analysis of extreme coastal water levels with implications for potential coastal overtopping

As sea levels rise, coasts are being increasingly  threatened by overtopping caused by the combination of sea level rise, storm surge and wave runup. Here the authors find that global coastal overtopping has increased by over 50% in the last two decades, and under a RCP 8.5 scenario this could incre...

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Main Authors: Rafael Almar, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Harold Diaz, Angelique Melet, Fabrice Papa, Michalis Vousdoukas, Panagiotis Athanasiou, Olusegun Dada, Luis Pedro Almeida, Elodie Kestenare
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8fca7b97b44e453ab8cee2f941d51a22
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