Stabilization of global temperature at 1.5°C and 2.0°C: Implications for coastal areas

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 376, Issue 2119, 2018, Pages

  Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Brown, Sally ^a   Goodwin, Philip ^a   Wahl, Thomas ^b   Lowe, Jason ^c,d   Solan, Martin ^a   Godbold, Jasmin A ^a   Haigh, Ivan D ^a   Lincke, Daniel ^e   Hinkel, Jochen ^e   Wolf, Claudia ^f   Merkens, Jan Ludolf ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e Global Climate Forum   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Climate mitigation; Coastal impacts; Ocean pH; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; FLOODS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CLIMATE STABILIZATION; COASTAL IMPACTS; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; SEA LEVEL RISE;

STABILIZATION;

EID: 85045553830     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0448     Document Type: Article

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