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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 Practical Guidance for Coastal Climate-Smart Cons. Projects in the NE 82
2 Sounding the Waters: Is the Bay Area Prepared for Sea Level Rise? 114
3 USGS: Simulated Chgs in Salinity, Chesapeake SLR 119
4 Irene, Global Warming and the Rising Cost of Storm Surge Damage 238
5 Can Florida’s nature and people outrace sea-level rise? 183
6 Rutgers panel examines impact of rising sea levels 306
7 Remote Sensing of Wetlands 251
8 Settlers Likely Responsible for Wetlands’ Growth 238
9 Conserving Coastal Wetlands for Sea Level Rise Adaptation 410
10 USGS Study Shows Many Coastal Wetlands Likely to Disappear this Century 294
11 Wetlands Can Cope With Sea Rise 320
12 NY DEC Final Sea Level Rise Task Force Report 300
13 Report warns of climate change impact to Delaware Estuary 286
14 USGS Assesses Vulnerability of Northern GOM to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Change 285
15 Climate Ready Estuaries 322
16 Muskie School: Report Reveals the Warming of Casco Bay 333
17 Wetlands, Coastal Communities and Sea Level Rise 317
18 Scientists: Five Foot Rise in Sea Levels by 2100 Possible 316
19 EPA Releases Report on Sea Level Rise 317
20 NWF’s Global Warming and the Chesapeake Bay Report 379
21 Sea Level Rise: Implications to Coastal Engineering and Coastal Management 290
22 Government Report Warns of Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts 290
23 Washington State Sea Levels Could Rise Considerably By End of Century 257
24 Sea Level Rise and the Hackensack Meadowlands 243
25 Sea-level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest 208
26 Climate Change and Consequences for Georgia: Rising Seas and Drying Rivers 211
27 Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise on the Coastal Floodplain 181
28 Revised Coastal Sand Dune Rule (Chapter 355 of the Natural Resources Protection Act) 193
29 Coast 2050: A New Approach to Restoration of Louisiana Coastal Wetlands 199
30 Vulnerability of U.S. National Parks to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Change 187
31 Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise in Massachusetts (1987) 184
32 Sea Level Rise: Overview of Causes and Effects 244