Sea Level Rise in Europe: Impacts and consequences
Roderik van de Wal,Angélique Melet,Debora Bellafiore,Paula Camus,Christian Ferrarin,Gualbert Oude Essink,Ivan D. Haigh,Piero Lionello,Arjen Luijendijk,Alexandra Toimil,Joanna Staneva,and Michalis Vousdoukas
Mercator Ocean International, 31400 Toulouse, France
Debora Bellafiore
ISMAR – Institute of Marine Sciences, CNR – National Research Council of Italy, 30122 Venice, Italy
Paula Camus
Geomatics and Ocean Engineering Group, Department of Sciences and Technologies of Water and Environment, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
Sea level rise has major impacts in Europe, which vary from place to place and in time, depending on the source of the impacts. Flooding, erosion, and saltwater intrusion lead, via different pathways, to various consequences for coastal regions across Europe. This causes damage to assets, the environment, and people for all three categories of impacts discussed in this paper. The paper provides an overview of the various impacts in Europe.
Sea level rise has major impacts in Europe, which vary from place to place and in time,...