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Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding
- Curt D. Storlazzi1,*,
- Stephen B. Gingerich2,
- Ap van Dongeren3,
- Olivia M. Cheriton1,
- Peter W. Swarzenski4,
- Ellen Quataert3,
- Clifford I. Voss5,
- Donald W. Field6,
- Hariharasubramanian Annamalai7,
- Greg A. Piniak6 and
- Robert 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
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Stephen B. Gingerich
U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
Ap van Dongeren
Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.
Olivia M. Cheriton
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Peter W. Swarzenski
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Environment Laboratories, IAEA, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
Ellen Quataert
Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.
Clifford I. Voss
U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
Donald W. Field
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
Hariharasubramanian Annamalai
International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Greg A. Piniak
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
Robert McCall
Deltares, Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Netherlands.
