US power plant sites at risk of future sea-level rise

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Bierkandt, R ^a,b   Auffhammer, M ^c,d   Levermann, A ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; climate impact; energy sector; extreme water levels; flood risk; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATE IMPACTS; COASTAL FLOODING; ENERGY SECTOR; FLOOD RISKS; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; POWER PLANT BUILDINGS; POWER PLANT SITES; SEA LEVEL RISE;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; POWER PLANT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER LEVEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952905550     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124022     Document Type: Article

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