Rethinking Reef Island Stability in Relation to Anthropogenic Sea Level Rise

Rethinking Reef Island Stability in Relation to Anthropogenic Sea Level Rise

Abstract Unprecedented rates of anthropogenic sea level rise (ASLR) and attendant wave‐driven flooding and salinization threaten the stability (and habitability) of atoll islands. Thus, there is doubt regarding the continued existence of sovereign atoll nations and unique, place‐based indigenous ato...

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Main Authors: Haunani H. Kane, Charles H. Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2020-10-01
Series:Earth's Future
Subjects:
sea level rise
Holocene
coastal vulnerability
atoll
Republic of the Marshall Islands
reef island
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001525

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