Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise

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 sedimen...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2013-12, Vol.504 (7478), p.44-52
Main Authors: Woodruff, Jonathan D., Irish, Jennifer L., Camargo, Suzana J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Climate change
Coast changes
Conservation of Natural Resources
Cyclones
Cyclonic Storms
Ecosystem
Environmental impact
Flooding
Floods
Holocene
Humanities and Social Sciences
Land subsidence
Marine
Meteorology
multidisciplinary
Oceans and Seas
review-article
Science
Sea level
Storm surges
Tropical Climate
Tropical cyclones
United States
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/nature12855