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Regional assessment of extreme sea levels and associated coastal flooding along the German Baltic Sea coast
Joshua Kiesel
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Marvin Lorenz
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, 18119, Germany
Marcel König
private consultant
now at: Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Ulf Gräwe
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, 18119, Germany
Athanasios T. Vafeidis
Department of Geography, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Among the Baltic Sea littoral states, Germany is anticipated to experience considerable damage as a result of increased coastal flooding due to sea-level rise (SLR). Here we apply a new modelling framework to simulate how flooding along the German Baltic Sea coast may change until 2100 if dikes are not upgraded. We find that the study region is highly exposed to flooding, and we emphasise the importance of current plans to update coastal protection in the future.
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