Climate change, human impacts, and coastal ecosystems in the Anthropocene

Q He, BR Silliman - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Coastal zones, the world's most densely populated regions, are increasingly threatened by
climate change stressors—rising and warming seas, intensifying storms and droughts, and …

Sea-level rise and human migration

ME Hauer, E Fussell, V Mueller, M Burkett… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Anthropogenic sea-level rise (SLR) is predicted to impact, and, in many cases, displace, a
large proportion of the population via inundation and heightened SLR-related hazards. With …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Evaluating trends, profits, and risks of global cities in recent urban expansion for advancing sustainable development

C Zhong, H Guo, I Swan, P Gao, Q Yao, H Li - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the world has witnessed a remarkable surge in urban expansion, leading
to profound consequences for the global climate, biodiversity, and ecological environment …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

Satellite-derived bathymetry using the ICESat-2 lidar and Sentinel-2 imagery datasets

Y Ma, N Xu, Z Liu, B Yang, F Yang, XH Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate bathymetric data is essential for marine, coastal ecosystems, and related studies.
In the past decades, a lot of studies were investigated to obtain bathymetric data in shallow …

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 …

Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities

JE Cinner, WN Adger, EH Allison, ML Barnes… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
To minimize the impacts of climate change on human wellbeing, governments, development
agencies, and civil society organizations have made substantial investments in improving …

[HTML][HTML] Financing a sustainable ocean economy

UR Sumaila, M Walsh, K Hoareau, A Cox, L Teh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The ocean, which regulates climate and supports vital ecosystem services, is crucial to our
Earth system and livelihoods. Yet, it is threatened by anthropogenic pressures and climate …

Sea-level rise from land subsidence in major coastal cities

C Tay, EO Lindsey, ST Chin, JW McCaughey… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Coastal land can be lost at rapid rates due to relative sea-level rise (RSLR) resulting from
local land subsidence. However, the comparative severity of local land subsidence is …