Rising seas and subsiding cities

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01009-6

Coastal adaptation aims to reduce impacts of relative sea-level rise from climate-induced sea-level rise and land elevation changes. Now, a global projection of relative sea-level rise to 2050 suggests the critical role of managing land subsidence for coastal cities on sinking deltas.