Print Email Facebook Twitter Sea-Level Rise Title Sea-Level Rise: From Global Perspectives to Local Services Author Durand, Gaël (Université Grenoble Alpes) van den Broeke, Michiel R. (Universiteit Utrecht) Le Cozannet, Goneri (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)) Edwards, Tamsin L. (King’s College London) Holland, Paul R. (British Antarctic Survey) Jourdain, Nicolas C. (Université Grenoble Alpes) Marzeion, Ben (University of Bremen) Mottram, Ruth (Danish Meteorological Institute) van Calcar, C.J. (TU Delft Astrodynamics & Space Missions) Date 2022 Abstract Coastal areas are highly diverse, ecologically rich, regions of key socio-economic activity, and are particularly sensitive to sea-level change. Over most of the 20th century, global mean sea level has risen mainly due to warming and subsequent expansion of the upper ocean layers as well as the melting of glaciers and ice caps. Over the last three decades, increased mass loss of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has also started to contribute significantly to contemporary sea-level rise. The future mass loss of the two ice sheets, which combined represent a sea-level rise potential of ∼65 m, constitutes the main source of uncertainty in long-term (centennial to millennial) sea-level rise projections. Improved knowledge of the magnitude and rate of future sea-level change is therefore of utmost importance. Moreover, sea level does not change uniformly across the globe and can differ greatly at both regional and local scales. The most appropriate and feasible sea level mitigation and adaptation measures in coastal regions strongly depend on local land use and associated risk aversion. Here, we advocate that addressing the problem of future sea-level rise and its impacts requires (i) bringing together a transdisciplinary scientific community, from climate and cryospheric scientists to coastal impact specialists, and (ii) interacting closely and iteratively with users and local stakeholders to co-design and co-build coastal climate services, including addressing the high-end risks. Subject AntarcticglaciersGreenlandlocal impactsea-level rise To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b51a9c85-267d-4d22-9994-ec5dd14df8df DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.709595 ISSN 2296-7745 Source Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2022 Gaël Durand, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Goneri Le Cozannet, Tamsin L. Edwards, Paul R. Holland, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Ben Marzeion, Ruth Mottram, C.J. van Calcar, More Authors Files PDF fmars_08_709595.pdf 800.61 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b51a9c85-267d-4d22-9994-ec5dd14df8df/datastream/OBJ/view