How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns

  • Written by: Thomas Mortlock, Adjunct Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney

Sea-level rise – along with increasing temperatures – is one of the clearest signals of man-made global warming. Yet exactly how rising water levels affect the coast is often misunderstood.

A new coastal hazard assessment for Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay has again thrown the spotlight on the impact of sea-level rise on coastal...

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