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Impact of Sea Level Rise on Wetlands

Sea level rise is a phenomenon associated with global climate change. As sea temperatures rise a few degrees, large ice sheets melt in Arctic waters, causing the sea level to rise in a range of 1-3 inches along coasts throughout the world. There are many hypotheses about projected sea level rise and its potential impacts on coastal wetlands. ASWM keeps a finger on the pulse of ongoing research in this developing area of wetland science and policy. For sea level rise-related tools, such as videos, webinars, models, training opportunities to use those tools, click here.

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1 Ground Water and Sea Level 52
2 Video: Converging Currents in Climate-Relevant Conservation: Water, Infrastructure, and Institutions 23
3 NOAA: Communication & Climate Change (video) 20
4 Coldest, Deepest Ocean Water Mysteriously Disappears 91
5 USACE Released Guidance on Sea Level Rise 59
6 Practical Guidance for Coastal Climate-Smart Cons. Projects in the NE 153
7 Sounding the Waters: Is the Bay Area Prepared for Sea Level Rise? 178
8 USGS: Simulated Chgs in Salinity, Chesapeake SLR 181
9 Irene, Global Warming and the Rising Cost of Storm Surge Damage 334
10 Can Florida’s nature and people outrace sea-level rise? 252
11 Rutgers panel examines impact of rising sea levels 368
12 Remote Sensing of Wetlands 324
13 Settlers Likely Responsible for Wetlands’ Growth 324
14 Conserving Coastal Wetlands for Sea Level Rise Adaptation 514
15 USGS Study Shows Many Coastal Wetlands Likely to Disappear this Century 361
16 Wetlands Can Cope With Sea Rise 416
17 NY DEC Final Sea Level Rise Task Force Report 407
18 Report warns of climate change impact to Delaware Estuary 360
19 USGS Assesses Vulnerability of Northern GOM to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Change 352
20 Climate Ready Estuaries 428
21 Muskie School: Report Reveals the Warming of Casco Bay 393
22 Wetlands, Coastal Communities and Sea Level Rise 379
23 Scientists: Five Foot Rise in Sea Levels by 2100 Possible 388
24 EPA Releases Report on Sea Level Rise 409
25 NWF’s Global Warming and the Chesapeake Bay Report 479
26 Sea Level Rise: Implications to Coastal Engineering and Coastal Management 346
27 Government Report Warns of Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts 359
28 Washington State Sea Levels Could Rise Considerably By End of Century 316
29 Sea Level Rise and the Hackensack Meadowlands 342
30 Sea-level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest 285
31 Climate Change and Consequences for Georgia: Rising Seas and Drying Rivers 281
32 Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise on the Coastal Floodplain 231
33 Revised Coastal Sand Dune Rule (Chapter 355 of the Natural Resources Protection Act) 261
34 Coast 2050: A New Approach to Restoration of Louisiana Coastal Wetlands 260
35 Vulnerability of U.S. National Parks to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Change 259
36 Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise in Massachusetts (1987) 247
37 Sea Level Rise: Overview of Causes and Effects 352