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Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding

Sea levels are rising, with the highest rates in the tropics, where thousands of low-lying coral atoll islands are located. Most studies on the resilience of these islands to sea-level rise have projected that they will experience minimal inundation impacts until at least the end of the 21st century...

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Autores principales: Storlazzi, Curt D., Gingerich, Stephen B., van Dongeren, Ap, Cheriton, Olivia M., Swarzenski, Peter W., Quataert, Ellen, Voss, Clifford I., Field, Donald W., Annamalai, Hariharasubramanian, Piniak, Greg A., McCall, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29707635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aap9741