The potential impact of rising sea levels on China's coastal cultural heritage: a GIS risk assessment

Without rapid international action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, climate scientists have predicted catastrophic sea-level rise by 2100. Globally, archaeologists are documenting the effects of on coastal cultural heritage. Here, authors model impact 1m, 2m and 5m China's archaeological sites using data from Atlas Chinese Cultural Relics Shanghai City's Third National Survey Relics. Although resulting number endangered is large, argue that these represent only a fraction those actually at risk, they issue call mitigate direct indirect rising sea levels.