Climate change is reshaping 50% of the world’s coastlines

A climate increase of more than 2℃ beyond pre-industrial levels would be enough to alter coastlines. Image: REUTERS/Phil Noble
Mark Hemer
Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
Ian Young
Kernot Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne
Joao Morim Nascimento
PhD Candidate, Griffith University
Nobuhito Mori
Professor, Kyoto University

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