Facing the Third Dimension in Coastal Flatlands

Contact

Karsten.Reise [ at ] awi.de

Abstract

Owing to global warming, imminent losses at polar ice sheets will entail several meters of highly unpredictable sea level rise. Merely carrying on with bulwarks for defense against a rising sea will exacerbate the fate of coastal flatlands such as the subsiding North Sea Wadden Coast. The mighty dimension of the rising sea requires debates on a wider conceptual horizon. It is time to initiate stepwise coastal transformations toward growing with a rising sea.

Item Type

Article

Authors

Reise, Karsten

Divisions

AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Coastal Ecology

Primary Division

Organizations > AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Coastal Ecology

Programs

Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES II (2014-2020) > TOPIC 2: Fragile coasts and shelf sea > WP 2.1: Coastal shifts and long - term trends

Primary Topic

Helmholtz Programs > Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES II (2014-2020) > TOPIC 2: Fragile coasts and shelf sea > WP 2.1: Coastal shifts and long - term trends

Research Networks

Sea Level Change

Publication Status

Published

Eprint ID

44953

DOI 10.14512/gaia.26.2.6

Cite as

Reise, K. (2017): Facing the Third Dimension in Coastal Flatlands , Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 26 (2), pp. 89-93 . doi: 10.14512/gaia.26.2.6