Future response of global coastal wetlands to sea-level rise

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 561; no. 7722; pp. 231 - 234
• Main Authors: Schuerch, Mark, Spencer, Tom, Temmerman, Stijn, Kirwan, Matthew L., Wolff, Claudia, Lincke, Daniel, McOwen, Chris J., Pickering, Mark D., Reef, Ruth, Vafeidis, Athanasios T., Hinkel, Jochen, Nicholls, Robert J., Brown, Sally
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 21st century; 631/158/852; 704/106/694/2739/2807; 704/172/4081; Accommodation; Adaptation; Analysis; Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Calibration; Coastal management; Coastal zone; Coastal zone management; Coasts; Computer simulation; Deposition; Economic models; Economic systems; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Environmental management; Geographic Mapping; Geologic Sediments - analysis; Geomorphological research; Geomorphology; Global sea level; Global Warming - statistics & numerical data; Human Activities; Human influences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Infrastructure; Infrastructure (Economics); Internationality; Land development; Letter; Models, Theoretical; multidisciplinary; Salt; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sea level; Sea level rise; Seawater - analysis; Sediments; Sediments (Geology); Shoreline protection; Simulation; Socioeconomics; Soil erosion; Vegetation; Waterfront development; Wetlands; United States > US; Coastal Wetlands; Coastline Segments; Accommodation Space; Vertical Sediment Accretion; Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment (DIVA)
• ISSN: 0028-0836; 1476-4687; 1476-4687
• DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0476-5

The response of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise during the twenty-first century remains uncertain. Global-scale projections suggest that between 20 and 90 per cent (for low and high sea-level rise scenarios, respectively) of the present-day coastal wetland area will be lost, which will in turn re...