Sea-level-rise-induced threats depend on the size of tide-influenced estuaries worldwide

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0608-4

Small shallow estuaries face enhanced flood risk under climate change because of sea-level-rise-induced tidal amplification. In contrast, large deep estuaries are threatened by sediment starvation and therefore a loss of intertidal area. Both cases can potentially be mitigated by estuary widening.