Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users

RE Kopp, M Oppenheimer, JL O'Reilly… - Nature climate …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Future sea-level change is characterized by both quantifiable and unquantifiable
uncertainties. Effective communication of both types of uncertainty is a key challenge in …

The effects of changing weather on public health

JA Patz, D Engelberg, J Last - Annual review of public health, 2000‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Many diseases are influenced by weather conditions or display strong seasonality,
suggestive of a possible climatic contribution. Projections of future climate change have …

Sea level change

JA Church, PU Clark, A Cazenave, JM Gregory… - 2013‏ - drs.nio.res.in
This chapter considers changes in global mean sea level, regional sea level, sea level
extremes, and waves. Confidence in projections of global mean sea level rise has increased …

Holocene climatic instability: A prominent, widespread event 8200 yr ago

RB Alley, PA Mayewski, T Sowers, M Stuiver… - …, 1997‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The most prominent Holocene climatic event in Greenland ice-core proxies, with
approximately half the amplitude of the Younger Dryas, occurred∼ 8000 to 8400 yr ago …

Observational evidence of recent change in the northern high-latitude environment

MC Serreze, JE Walsh, FS Chapin, T Osterkamp… - Climatic change, 2000‏ - Springer
Studies from a variety of disciplines document recent change in the northern high-latitude
environment. Prompted by predictions of an amplified response of the Arctic to enhanced …

The impact of sea level rise on develo** countries: a comparative analysis

S Dasgupta, B Laplante, C Meisner, D Wheeler, J Yan - Climatic change, 2009‏ - Springer
Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: The scientific evidence
is now overwhelming. Continued growth of greenhouse gas emissions and associated …

Increasing flood risk and wetland losses due to global sea-level rise: regional and global analyses

RJ Nicholls, FMJ Hoozemans, M Marchand - Global Environmental Change, 1999‏ - Elsevier
To develop improved estimates of (1) flooding due to storm surges, and (2) wetland losses
due to accelerated sea-level rise, the work of Hoozemans et al.(1993) is extended to a …

ICESat's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land

HJ Zwally, B Schutz, W Abdalati, J Abshire… - Journal of …, 2002‏ - Elsevier
The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission will measure changes in
elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets as part of NASA's Earth Observing …

Changes in sea level

JA Church, JM Gregory, P Huybrechts… - , in: JT Houghton, Y …, 2001‏ - epic.awi.de
This chapter assesses the current state of knowledge of the rate of change of global-
averaged and regional sea-level in relation to climate change. We focus on the 20th and …

The function of marine critical transition zones and the importance of sediment biodiversity

LA Levin, DF Boesch, A Covich, C Dahm, C Erséus… - Ecosystems, 2001‏ - Springer
Estuaries and coastal wetlands are critical transition zones (CTZs) that link land, freshwater
habitats, and the sea. CTZs provide essential ecological functions, including decomposition …