Post by NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

"Climate change is often still seen as something that will happen in the future. It is important to realise that it is already happening along our own coast." This message from sea-level researcher Aimée Slangen of NIOZ Estuarine and Delta Systems department captures the essence of a new study published in Nature Climate Change. Together with international colleagues, Slangen investigated how the likelihood of extreme coastal water levels has changed since 1900. The researchers show that sea-level rise has already significantly increased the probability of such events worldwide, with human-driven climate change playing a major role. As Slangen told Dutch media: "Based on our research, you can now say with greater confidence that climate change has genuinely increased the risk of coastal flooding." Read more: 👉 Scientific publication in Nature Climate Change “Human-driven sea-level rise has quadrupled the frequency of coastal sea-level extremes since 1900: Human-driven sea-level rise has quadrupled the frequency of coastal sea-level extremes since 1900 | Nature Climate Change 📰 NOS.nl (in Dutch): Four times greater chance of extremely high water levels along the Dutch coast > https://lnkd.in/eSeZwb4F 📰 Volkskrant (in Dutch): Climate change is also clearly visible along the coast > https://lnkd.in/eHTJczF3