Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: , we project that until 2100, the loss of global coastal wetland area will range between 0 and 30 per cent, assuming no further accommodation space in addition to current levels. Our simulations suggest that the resilience of global wetlands is primarily driven by the availability of accommodation space, which is strongly influenced by the building of anthropogenic infrastructure in the coastal zone and such infrastructure is expected to change over the twenty-first century. Rather than being an inevitable consequence of global sea-level rise, our findings indicate that large-scale loss of coastal wetlands might be avoidable, if sufficient additional accommodation space can be created through careful nature-based adaptation solutions to coastal management.
Source: Nature
Institutions: University of Cambridge, University of Lincoln, University of Antwerp, William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Global Climate Forum, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Monash University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $12,690
Awards: Responses to coastal climate change: Innovative Strategies for high End Scenarios -Adaptation and Mitigation-, Green growth and win-win strategies for sustainable climate action, Coastal SEES Collaborative Research: A cross-site comparison of salt marsh persistence in response to sea-level rise and feedbacks from social adaptations, G434337789, CAREER: Eco-geomorphic response of coastal carbon to accelerated sea level rise, G6671297155, Der Einfluss von zeitlichen Variationen der Sedimentverfügbarkeit auf die langfristige Fähigkeit von Küstensalzwiesen, sich dem globalen Meeresspiegelanstieg anzupassen
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