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So, what can happen?Bluff erosionOverwashIsland BreachingListedSpeciesImpactsThreshold CrossingUrban InundationWetland LossR. CarlsonWater Quality ReductionEcosystem ChangeInfrastructure Failure
Science strategy to address the challengeof climate change and sea-level riseMonitor ModernProcesses andEnvironmentsLearn <strong>from</strong>the PastImprove PredictiveCapabilityImprove Understandingof Societal ImpactsSupport Decision Making(<strong>Thieler</strong> et al., 2009)
Page 3 and 4: We need better science* to prepare
Page 5 and 6: Sea-level rise rates since the Last
Page 7 and 8: Historic and Projected Sea-level Ri
Page 9 and 10: Issue: Global variability in SLRLos
Page 11 and 12: Importance of Spatial Scale
Page 13 and 14: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-level
Page 15 and 16: Coastal Elevation Data• Elevation
Page 17 and 18: Eastern North Carolina0 15 30 60 90
Page 19 and 20: But… the coast is not like a bath
Page 21: Coastal Wetlands RespondDynamically
Page 25 and 26: Sea-level rise impacts: A multivari
Page 27 and 28: Mapping Prediction UncertaintyHighe

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