Mini Lecture Rosh Ranasinghe about Coastline Erosion due to Rising Sea Levels
Channel: UNESCO-IHE Archive
Date: 2012-09-12

In this mini lecture Dr. Rosh Ranasinghe introduces a new model that allows researchers at UNESCO-IHE, TU Delft and Deltares to much more accurately predict coastline erosion due to rising sea levels.

It would appear that the effects of coastline erosion as a result of rising sea-level in the vicinity of inlets, such as river estuaries, have until now been dramatically underestimated.

The scientists have published their research in the online edition of Nature Climate Change on Sunday 2 September 2012.

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