sea-level rise
Coastal flooding cause
Sea-level rise is the increase in ocean height relative to land, primarily caused by thermal expansion of warming water and melting ice sheets.
The term dominates climate change discussions: Sea-level rise threatens coastal cities.
It can be measured globally or locally, where land subsidence compounds the effect: Miami faces accelerated sea-level rise.
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- king tidesExceptionally high tidal events
- seawallsCoastal flood barriers
- glacier meltFrozen river becoming water
- thermal expansionVolume increase from warming
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- floodsflood damage, flood warning, deluge, flood warnings, flash floods
- shoreline erosionwave action, storm surge, tidal currents, undercutting, scouring
- glacier meltmelting, meltwater, ice melt, glacial retreat, glacier retreat
- island hydrologywater table, aquifers, freshwater, brackish water, rainwater harvesting