Future response of global coastal wetlands to sea-level rise
@article{Schuerch2018FutureRO, title={Future response of global coastal wetlands to sea-level rise}, author={Mark Schuerch and Tom Spencer and Stijn Temmerman and Matthew L. Kirwan and Claudia Wolff and Daniel Lincke and Chris J McOwen and Mark D. Pickering and Ruth Reef and Athanasios T. Vafeidis and Jochen Hinkel and Robert J. Nicholls and Sally Brown}, journal={Nature}, year={2018}, volume={561}, pages={231-234} }
The response of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise during the twenty-first century remains uncertain. Global-scale projections suggest that between 20 and 90 per cent (for low and high sea-level rise scenarios, respectively) of the present-day coastal wetland area will be lost, which will in turn result in the loss of biodiversity and highly valued ecosystem services1–3. These projections do not necessarily take into account all essential geomorphological4–7 and socio-economic system feedbacks8…
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