Small Island Develo** States under threat by rising seas even in a 1.5 C warming world

MI Vousdoukas, P Athanasiou, A Giardino… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Small Island Develo** States (SIDS) have long been recognized as some of the
planet's most vulnerable areas to climate change, notably to rising sea levels and coastal …

Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion

MI Vousdoukas, R Ranasinghe, L Mentaschi… - Nature climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Sandy beaches occupy more than one-third of the global coastline and have high
socioeconomic value related to recreation, tourism and ecosystem services. Beaches are …

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

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Global warming is expected to drive increasing extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk
along the world's coastlines. In this work we present probabilistic projections of ESLs for the …

African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates

MI Vousdoukas, J Clarke, R Ranasinghe… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
The African coast contains heritage sites of 'Outstanding Universal Value'that face
increasing risk from anthropogenic climate change. Here, we generated a database of 213 …

A global multi-hazard risk analysis of road and railway infrastructure assets

EE Koks, J Rozenberg, C Zorn, M Tariverdi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Transport infrastructure is exposed to natural hazards all around the world. Here we present
the first global estimates of multi-hazard exposure and risk to road and rail infrastructure …

Economic motivation for raising coastal flood defenses in Europe

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, J Hinkel, PJ Ward… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Extreme sea levels (ESLs) in Europe could rise by as much as one metre or more by the end
of this century due to climate change. This poses significant challenges to safeguard coastal …

Climatic and socioeconomic controls of future coastal flood risk in Europe

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Rising extreme sea levels (ESLs) and continued socioeconomic development in coastal
zones will lead to increasing future flood risk along the European coastline. We present a …

Extreme sea levels on the rise along Europe's coasts

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Earth's …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Future extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk along European coasts will be strongly
impacted by global warming. Yet, comprehensive projections of ESL that include mean sea …

Developments in large-scale coastal flood hazard map**

MI Vousdoukas, E Voukouvalas… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2016 - nhess.copernicus.org
Coastal flooding related to marine extreme events has severe socioeconomic impacts, and
even though the latter are projected to increase under the changing climate, there is a clear …

Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Develo** States (SIDS): the case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia

IΝ Monioudi, R Asariotis, A Becker, C Bhat… - Regional Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
This contribution presents an assessment of the potential vulnerabilities to climate variability
and change (CV & C) of the critical transportation infrastructure of Caribbean Small Island …