Sea-Level Rise: From Global Perspectives to Local Services

Coastal areas are highly diverse, ecologically rich, regions of key socio-economic activity, and particularly sensitive to sea-level change. Over most the 20th century, global mean sea level has risen mainly due warming subsequent expansion upper ocean layers as well melting glaciers ice caps. last three decades, increased mass loss Greenland Antarctic sheets also started contribute significantly contemporary rise. The future two sheets, which combined represent a rise potential ∼65 m, constitutes main source uncertainty in long-term (centennial millennial) projections. Improved knowledge magnitude rate change is therefore utmost importance. Moreover, does not uniformly across globe can differ greatly at both regional local scales. appropriate feasible mitigation adaptation measures coastal strongly depend on land use associated risk aversion. Here, we advocate that addressing problem its impacts requires (i) bringing together transdisciplinary scientific community, from climate cryospheric scientists impact specialists, (ii) interacting closely iteratively with users stakeholders co-design co-build services, including high-end risks.