Past and future ocean warming

L Cheng, K von Schuckmann, JP Abraham… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Abstract Changes in ocean heat content (OHC) provide a measure of ocean warming, with
impacts on the Earth system. This Review synthesizes estimates of past and future OHC …

[HTML][HTML] Coastal adaptation to climate change and sea-level rise

G Griggs, BG Reguero - Water, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The Earth's climate is changing; ice sheets and glaciers are melting and coastal hazards
and sea level are rising in response. With a total population of over 300 million people …

Projections of global-scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century

E Kirezci, IR Young, R Ranasinghe, S Muis… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Global models of tide, storm surge, and wave setup are used to obtain projections of
episodic coastal flooding over the coming century. The models are extensively validated …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] CoastSat: A Google Earth Engine-enabled Python toolkit to extract shorelines from publicly available satellite imagery

K Vos, KD Splinter, MD Harley, JA Simmons… - … Modelling & Software, 2019‏ - Elsevier
CoastSat is an open-source software toolkit written in Python that enables the user to obtain
time-series of shoreline position at any sandy coastline worldwide from 30+ years (and …

[HTML][HTML] Global long-term observations of coastal erosion and accretion

L Mentaschi, MI Vousdoukas, JF Pekel… - Scientific reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
Abstract Changes in coastal morphology have broad consequences for the sustainability of
coastal communities, structures and ecosystems. Although coasts are monitored locally in …

Benchmarking satellite-derived shoreline map** algorithms

K Vos, KD Splinter, J Palomar-Vázquez… - … Earth & Environment, 2023‏ - nature.com
Satellite remote sensing is becoming a widely used monitoring technique in coastal
sciences. Yet, no benchmarking studies exist that compare the performance of popular …

Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency

M Taherkhani, S Vitousek, PL Barnard, N Frazer… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Sea-level rise will radically redefine the coastline of the 21st century. For many coastal
regions, projections of global sea-level rise by the year 2100 (eg, 0.5–2 meters) are …

Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise

S Vitousek, PL Barnard, CH Fletcher, N Frazer… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Global climate change drives sea-level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding. In
most coastal regions, the amount of sea-level rise occurring over years to decades is …

A recent increase in global wave power as a consequence of oceanic warming

BG Reguero, IJ Losada, FJ Méndez - Nature communications, 2019‏ - nature.com
Wind-generated ocean waves drive important coastal processes that determine flooding and
erosion. Ocean warming has been one factor affecting waves globally. Most studies have …