Publications by authors named "Erwin W J Bergsma"
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- Coastal zones are delicate systems facing threats from human activities and climate change, impacting their dynamics.
- Analysis of satellite data from 1993 to 2019 identifies three main factors influencing shorelines: sea level, ocean waves, and river discharge, each with distinct effects on coastal conditions.
- A new global model reveals that annual shoreline changes are significantly influenced by different ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) patterns and their interconnected impacts, offering insights for predicting climate-related coastal hazards.
Coasts are areas of vitality because they host numerous activities worldwide. Despite their major importance, the knowledge of the main characteristics of the majority of coastal areas (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClimate change and anthropogenic pressures are widely expected to exacerbate coastal hazards such as episodic coastal flooding. This study presents global-scale potential coastal overtopping estimates, which account for not only the effects of sea level rise and storm surge, but also for wave runup at exposed open coasts. Here we find that the globally aggregated annual overtopping hours have increased by almost 50% over the last two decades.
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