| Title | Sea-level change |
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| Author | James, T |
| Source | Presentations: Expert Forum on Coastal Transportation Infrastructure; 2018 p. 1-28  Open Access |
| Links | Online - En ligne (PDF, 1.78 MB)
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| Year | 2018 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20180124 |
| Publisher | Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) |
| Meeting | Expert Forum on Coastal Transportation Infrastructure; Vancouver, BC; CA; May 16-17, 2018 |
| Document | Web site |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| Related | This publication is related to the following
publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Western offshore region |
| Area | Pacific Ocean |
| Lat/Long WENS | -140.0000 -122.0000 60.0000 48.0000 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; geophysics; tectonics; Nature and Environment; Health and Safety; sea level changes; climate effects; meteorology; storms; floods; coastal environment; coastal management; ice
sheets; crustal uplift; geodesy; isostasy; isostatic compensation; tectonic evolution; modelling; Antarctic Ice Sheet; Climate change; Guidelines; Climate change adaptation; Impact studies; Infrastructures; Global positioning systems; Atmospheric
emissions |
| Illustrations | time series; photographs; satellite images; bar graphs; geoscientific sketch maps |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience Coastal Infrastructure |
| Released | 2018 05 01 |
| Abstract | (unpublished)
This was an oral presentation given at a forum. The key messages (final 2 slides) are:
-Sea-level projections are robust up to about 2050 and don't strongly depend on
scenario.
-Recent results highlight importance of mitigation of carbon emissions - strong mitigation will avoid the extreme values of global sea-level rise shown today
-BC guidelines lie above the IPCC AR5 projections and offer a measure of
safety; designed to be periodically reviewed in light of new scientific findings.
-Emerging scientific results indicate that amounts of sea-level rise much larger than given in the IPCC AR5 is possible.
-Adaptation measures should be undertaken
in the context of risk tolerance - for a low tolerance to risk of sea-level rise, choose unlikely, high value of sea-level rise - E.g., generating plant (Parris et al., 2012)
-Adaptation is a process -choose no regrets options (if possible),
where adjustments can be made in the future. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This was an oral presentation on projected sea-level change given at a forum. The key messages (final 2 slides) are: -Sea-level projections are robust
up to about 2050 and don't strongly depend on scenario. -Recent results highlight importance of mitigation of carbon emissions - strong mitigation will avoid the extreme values of global sea-level rise shown today -BC guidelines lie above the IPCC
AR5 projections and offer a measure of safety; designed to be periodically reviewed in light of new scientific findings. -Emerging scientific results indicate that amounts of sea-level rise much larger than given in the IPCC AR5 are possible.
-Adaptation measures should be undertaken in the context of risk tolerance - for a low tolerance to risk of sea-level rise, choose unlikely, high value of sea-level rise. - E.g., generating plant (Parris et al., 2012) -Adaptation is a process -choose
no regrets options (if possible), where adjustments can be made in the future. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 308387 |
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