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Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding
- View ORCID ProfileCurt D. Storlazzi1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileStephen B. Gingerich2,
- View ORCID ProfileAp van Dongeren3,
- View ORCID ProfileOlivia M. Cheriton1,
- View ORCID ProfilePeter W. Swarzenski4,
- View ORCID ProfileEllen Quataert3,
- View ORCID ProfileClifford I. Voss5,
- View ORCID ProfileDonald W. Field6,
- View ORCID ProfileHariharasubramanian Annamalai7,
- View ORCID ProfileGreg A. Piniak6 and
- View ORCID ProfileRobert McCall3
- 1U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
- 2U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
- 3Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.
- 4International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Environment Laboratories, IAEA, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
- 5U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
- 6National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
- 7International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: cstorlazzi{at}usgs.gov
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Science Advances 25 Apr 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 4, eaap9741
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9741
Vol. 4, no. 4, eaap9741
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9741
Curt D. Storlazzi
1U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Stephen B. Gingerich
2U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
Ap van Dongeren
3Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.
Olivia M. Cheriton
1U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Peter W. Swarzenski
4International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Environment Laboratories, IAEA, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
Ellen Quataert
3Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.
Clifford I. Voss
5U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
Donald W. Field
6National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
Hariharasubramanian Annamalai
7International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Greg A. Piniak
6National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
Robert McCall
3Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.