Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise

Fishers who rely on mangroves: Modelling and mapping the global intensity of mangrove-associated fisheries

(2021) Philine S.E. zu Ermgassen et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Adaptation pathways: A review of approaches and a learning framework

(2021) Saskia E. Werners et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Evolving tides aggravate nuisance flooding along the U.S. coastline

(2021) Sida Li et al.   Science Advances

The sustainability of beach nourishments: a review of nourishment and environmental monitoring practice

(2021) Franziska Staudt et al.   JOURNAL OF COASTAL CONSERVATION

The value of US coral reefs for flood risk reduction

(2021) Borja G. Reguero et al.   Nature Sustainability

Global-scale changes to extreme ocean wave events due to anthropogenic warming

(2021) Joao Morim et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Out of harm's way

(2021) Brad Wible   SCIENCE

Consolidating sea level acceleration estimates from satellite altimetry

(2020) Tadea Veng et al.   ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Rebuilding marine life

(2020) Carlos M. Duarte et al.   NATURE

The Global Flood Protection Benefits of Mangroves

(2020) Pelayo Menéndez et al.   Scientific Reports

Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency

(2020) Mohsen Taherkhani et al.   Scientific Reports

A global ensemble of ocean wave climate projections from CMIP5-driven models

(2020) Joao Morim et al.   Scientific Data

Centuries of monthly and 3-hourly global ocean wave data for past, present, and future climate research

(2020) Zhenya Song et al.   Scientific Data

A century of U.S. beach nourishment

(2020) Nicole Elko et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

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

(2019) Borja G. Reguero et al.   Nature Communications

High-tide flooding disrupts local economic activity

(2019) Miyuki Hino et al.   Science Advances

Multiplatform evaluation of global trends in wind speed and wave height

(2019) Ian R. Young et al.   SCIENCE

Coastal habitat squeeze: A review of adaptation solutions for saltmarsh, mangrove and beach habitats

(2019) Kelly L. Leo et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Oyster breakwater reefs promote adjacent mudflat stability and salt marsh growth in a monsoon dominated subtropical coast

(2019) Mohammed Shah Nawaz Chowdhury et al.   Scientific Reports

The Protection/Hardening of California's Coast: Times Are Changing

(2019) Gary Griggs et al.   JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH

An economic evaluation of adaptation pathways in coastal mega cities: An illustration for Los Angeles

(2019) Lars T. de Ruig et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Climate change exacerbates hurricane flood hazards along US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts in spatially varying patterns

(2019) Reza Marsooli et al.   Nature Communications

New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding

(2019) Scott A. Kulp et al.   Nature Communications

Financing coastal resilience by combining nature-based risk reduction with insurance

(2019) Borja G. Reguero et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Documenting a Century of Coastline Change along Central California and Associated Challenges: From the Qualitative to the Quantitative

(2019) Gary Griggs et al.   Water

Beach nourishment is not a sustainable strategy to mitigate climate change

(2018) Randall W. Parkinson et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Coral reefs for coastal protection: A new methodological approach and engineering case study in Grenada

(2018) Borja G. Reguero et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Coastal Erosion and the United States National Flood Insurance Program

(2018) Stephen P. Leatherman   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Use of ecosystems in coastal erosion management

(2018) A. Gracia et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Why coastal regulations fail

(2018) William J. Neal et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

The management of coastal erosion

(2018) A.T. Williams et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Comparing the cost effectiveness of nature-based and coastal adaptation: A case study from the Gulf Coast of the United States

(2018) Borja G. Reguero et al.   PLoS One

Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era

(2018) R. S. Nerem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2018) Isavela Ν. Monioudi et al.   Regional Environmental Change

The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs

(2018) Michael W. Beck et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2018) Michalis I. Vousdoukas et al.   Nature Communications

The ability of societies to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise

(2018) Jochen Hinkel et al.   Nature Climate Change

Advancing disaster risk reduction through the integration of science, design, and policy into eco-engineering and several global resource management processes

(2018) Adam W. Whelchel et al.   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Coral reef structural complexity provides important coastal protection from waves under rising sea levels

(2018) Daniel L. Harris et al.   Science Advances

Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

(2018) Chris T. Perry et al.   NATURE

Global long-term observations of coastal erosion and accretion

(2018) Lorenzo Mentaschi et al.   Scientific Reports

Amplification of flood frequencies with local sea level rise and emerging flood regimes

(2017) Maya K Buchanan et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Global changes of extreme coastal wave energy fluxes triggered by intensified teleconnection patterns

(2017) Lorenzo Mentaschi et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Impact of climate change on New York City’s coastal flood hazard: Increasing flood heights from the preindustrial to 2300 CE

(2017) Andra J. Garner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States

(2017) Solomon Hsiang et al.   SCIENCE

Extreme oceanographic forcing and coastal response due to the 2015–2016 El Niño

(2017) Patrick L. Barnard et al.   Nature Communications

Can beaches survive climate change?

(2017) Sean Vitousek et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE

Effects of beach replenishment on intertidal invertebrates: A 15-month, eight beach study.

(2016) Tyler Wooldridge et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise

(2016) Robert M. DeConto et al.   NATURE

Effect of salinity on food security in the context of interior coast of Bangladesh

(2016) Tanzinia Khanom   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Social norms as solutions

(2016) K. Nyborg et al.   SCIENCE

Governance of social dilemmas in climate change adaptation

(2016) Alexander Bisaro et al.   Nature Climate Change

The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences

(2016) Siddharth Narayan et al.   PLoS One

A global wave power resource and its seasonal, interannual and long-term variability

(2015) B.G. Reguero et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Future of our coasts: The potential for natural and hybrid infrastructure to enhance the resilience of our coastal communities, economies and ecosystems

(2015) Ariana E. Sutton-Grier et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

The influence of coral reefs and climate change on wave-driven flooding of tropical coastlines

(2015) Ellen Quataert et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise

(2015) Catherine E. Lovelock et al.   NATURE

Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation

(2015) Patrick L. Barnard et al.   Nature Geoscience

Building land with a rising sea

(2015) S. Temmerman et al.   SCIENCE

Profiling risk and sustainability in coastal deltas of the world

(2015) Z. D. Tessler et al.   SCIENCE

Can mangroves keep pace with contemporary sea level rise? A global data review

(2015) Sigit D. Sasmito et al.   WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Many Atolls May be Uninhabitable Within Decades Due to Climate Change

(2015) Curt D. Storlazzi et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of Climate Change on Exposure to Coastal Flooding in Latin America and the Caribbean

(2015) Borja G. Reguero et al.   PLoS One

Resilience and shifts in agro-ecosystems facing increasing sea-level rise and salinity intrusion in Ben Tre Province, Mekong Delta

(2014) F. G. Renaud et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

The consequences of doing nothing: The effects of seawater flooding on coastal zones

(2014) S.P.G. Hoggart et al.   COASTAL ENGINEERING

Upgrade of coastal defence structures against increased loadings caused by climate change: A first methodological approach

(2014) Hans F. Burcharth et al.   COASTAL ENGINEERING

Changes in global ocean wave heights as projected using multimodel CMIP5 simulations

(2014) Xiaolan L. Wang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Oyster reefs can outpace sea-level rise

(2014) Antonio B. Rodriguez et al.   Nature Climate Change

Shifting sands? Coastal protection by sand banks, beaches and dunes

(2013) M.E. Hanley et al.   COASTAL ENGINEERING

The role of seagrasses in coastal protection in a changing climate

(2013) Barbara Ondiviela et al.   COASTAL ENGINEERING

Long-term changes in sea-level components in Latin America and the Caribbean

(2013) I.J. Losada et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Dynamic adaptive policy pathways: A method for crafting robust decisions for a deeply uncertain world

(2013) Marjolijn Haasnoot et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Costs of Adapting Coastal Defences to Sea-Level Rise— New Estimates and Their Implications

(2013) Sebastiaan N. Jonkman et al.   JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH

Ecosystem-based coastal defence in the face of global change

(2013) Stijn Temmerman et al.   NATURE

Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise

(2013) Jonathan D. Woodruff et al.   NATURE

Towards a global regionally varying allowance for sea-level rise

(2013) J.R. Hunter et al.   OCEAN ENGINEERING

Limits to adaptation

(2013) Kirstin Dow et al.   Nature Climate Change

Future flood losses in major coastal cities

(2013) Stephane Hallegatte et al.   Nature Climate Change

The effects of adaptation and mitigation on coastal flood impacts during the 21st century. An application of the DIVA and IMAGE models

(2012) Jochen Hinkel et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Variability of multivariate wave climate in Latin America and the Caribbean

(2012) B.G. Reguero et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

The impact of the 2009-10 El Niño Modoki on U.S. West Coast beaches

(2011) Patrick L. Barnard et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Global extreme wave height variability based on satellite data

(2011) Cristina Izaguirre et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Oyster Reefs as Natural Breakwaters Mitigate Shoreline Loss and Facilitate Fisheries

(2011) Steven B. Scyphers et al.   PLoS One

The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services

(2010) Edward B. Barbier et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A framework to diagnose barriers to climate change adaptation

(2010) S. C. Moser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Coastal Zones

(2010) R. J. Nicholls et al.   SCIENCE

Detection of external influence on trends of atmospheric storminess and northern oceans wave heights

(2008) Xiaolan L. Wang et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS