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Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise

Author(s) -

Jonathan D. Woodruff,

Jennifer L. Irish,

Suzana J. Camargo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

nature

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 15.993

H-Index - 1226

eISSN - 1476-4687

pISSN - 0028-0836

DOI - 10.1038/nature12855

Subject(s) - tropical cyclone , flooding (psychology) , storm surge , storm , sea level rise , climate change , sea level , oceanography , environmental science , shore , coastal flood , holocene , subsidence , climatology , geology , psychology , paleontology , structural basin , psychotherapist

The future impacts of climate change on landfalling tropical cyclones are unclear. Regardless of this uncertainty, flooding by tropical cyclones will increase as a result of accelerated sea-level rise. Under similar rates of rapid sea-level rise during the early Holocene epoch most low-lying sedimentary coastlines were generally much less resilient to storm impacts. Society must learn to live with a rapidly evolving shoreline that is increasingly prone to flooding from tropical cyclones. These impacts can be mitigated partly with adaptive strategies, which include careful stewardship of sediments and reductions in human-induced land subsidence.

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