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Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea-level rise and storms
Katie K. Arkema,Greg Guannel,Gregory M. Verutes,Spencer A. Wood,Anne D. Guerry,Mary Ruckelshaus,Peter Kareiva,Martin Lacayo,Jessica M. Silver +8 more
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In this article, the authors calculate a hazard index for every 1 km 2 of the United States coastline and use this index to identify the most vulnerable people and property as indicated by being in the upper quartile of hazard for the nation's coastline.Abstract:
Extreme weather, sea-level rise and degraded coastal ecosystems are placing people and property at greater risk of damage from coastal hazards 1‐5 . The likelihood and magnitude of losses may be reduced by intact reefs and coastal vegetation 1 , especially when those habitats fringe vulnerable communities and infrastructure. Using five sea-level-rise scenarios, we calculate a hazard index for every 1 km 2 of the United States coastline. We use this index to identify the most vulnerable people and property as indicated by being in the upper quartile of hazard for the nation’s coastline. The number of people, poor families, elderly and total value of residential property that are most exposed to hazards can be reduced by half if existing coastal habitats remain fully intact. Coastal habitats defend the greatest number of people and total property value in Florida, New York and California. Our analyses deliver the first national map of risk reduction owing to natural habitats and indicates where conservation and restoration of reefs and vegetation have the greatest potential to protect coastal communities. Globally, coastal flooding and sea level are expected to increase significantly by mid-century, with potentially severe consequences for coastal populations around the world 6 . In the United Statesread more
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Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation ☆
TL;DR: This article assessed the state of knowledge on relationships between human health and nature and biodiversity, and prepared a comprehensive listing of reported health effects, finding strong evidence linking biodiversity with production of ecosystem services and between nature exposure and human health, but many of these studies were limited in rigor and often only correlative.
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Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice
Anne D. Guerry,Anne D. Guerry,Stephen Polasky,Jane Lubchenco,Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer,Gretchen C. Daily,Gretchen C. Daily,Robert J. Griffin,Mary Ruckelshaus,Mary Ruckelshaus,Ian J. Bateman,Anantha Kumar Duraiappah,Thomas Elmqvist,Marcus W. Feldman,Carl Folke,Carl Folke,Jonathan M. Hoekstra,Peter Kareiva,Bonnie L. Keeler,Shuzhuo Li,Emily McKenzie,Zhiyun Ouyang,Belinda Reyers,Taylor H. Ricketts,Johan Rockström,Heather Tallis,Bhaskar Vira +26 more
TL;DR: Why ecosystem service information has yet to fundamentally change decision-making is explored and a path forward is suggested that emphasizes developing solid evidence linking decisions to impacts on natural capital and ecosystem services, and then to human well-being.
Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,Daniela Jacob,Marco Bindi,Sally Brown,I. A. Camilloni,Arona Diedhiou,Riyanti Djalante,Kristie L. Ebi,Francois Engelbrecht,Joel Guiot,Yasuaki Hijioka,S. Mehrotra,Antony J. Payne,Sonia I. Seneviratne,Adelle Thomas,Rachel Warren,G. Zhou,Sharina Abdul Halim,Michelle Achlatis,Lisa V. Alexander,Myles R. Allen,Peter Berry,Christopher Boyer,Edward Byers,Lorenzo Brilli,Marcos Silveira Buckeridge,William W. L. Cheung,Marlies Craig,Neville Ellis,Jason P. Evans,Hubertus Fischer,Klaus Fraedrich,Sabine Fuss,Anjani Ganase,Jean-Pierre Gattuso,Peter Greve,Tania Guillén Bolaños,Naota Hanasaki,Tomoko Hasegawa,Katie Hayes,Annette L. Hirsch,Chris D. Jones,Thomas Jung,Markku Kanninen,Gerhard Krinner,David M. Lawrence,Timothy M. Lenton,Debora Ley,Diana Liverman,Natalie M. Mahowald,Kathleen L. McInnes,Katrin J. Meissner,Richard J. Millar,Katja Mintenbeck,Daniel M. Mitchell,Alan C. Mix,Dirk Notz,Leonard Nurse,Andrew Emmanuel Okem,Lennart Olsson,Michael Oppenheimer,Shlomit Paz,Juliane Petersen,Jan Petzold,Swantje Preuschmann,Mohammad Feisal Rahman,Joeri Rogelj,Hanna Scheuffele,Carl-Friedrich Schleussner,Daniel Scott,Roland Séférian,Jana Sillmann,Chandni Singh,Raphael Slade,Kimberly Stephenson,Tannecia S. Stephenson,Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla,Mark Tebboth,Petra Tschakert,Robert Vautard,Richard Wartenburger,Michael Wehner,Nora Marie Weyer,Felicia S. Whyte,Gary W. Yohe,Xuebin Zhang,Robert B. Zougmoré +86 more
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The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs
Michael W. Beck,Inigo J. Losada,Pelayo Menéndez,Borja G. Reguero,Pedro Díaz-Simal,Felipe Atienza Fernández +5 more
TL;DR: The authors show that the annual damages from flooding would double globally without reefs and they quantify where reefs provide the most protection to people and property.
Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low Lying Islands, Coasts and Communities
Michael Oppenheimer,Bruce Glavovic,Jochen Hinkel,Roderik S. W. van de Wal,Alexandre K. Magnan,Amro Abd-Elgawad,Rongshuo Cai,Miguel Cifuentes-Jara,Robert M. DeConto,Tuhin Ghosh,John E. Hay,Federico Ignacio Isla,Ben Marzeion,Benoit Meyssignac,Zita Sebesvari +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Abd Elgawad et al. discuss the sea level rise and its implications for low lying islands, coastlines and communities in the Middle East and Asia.
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