Is There Any Support in the Long Term Tide Gauge Data to the Claims that Parts of Sydney Will Be Swamped by Rising Sea Levels?
Abstract
The government of Australia is supporting the statement that sea levels are rising faster than ever before as a result of increased carbon dioxide emissions. Consequent to this, low-lying coastal areas, where the majority of Australians are concentrated, have been declared at risk of sea level inundations. Maps with 0.5, 0.8 and 1.1. m sea level rise have been proposed for Sydney, the major Australian city. However, long term tide gauges, recording sea levels worldwide, as well as along the coastline of Australia, and within the bay of Sydney, do not show any sign of accelerating sea level rises at present time. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Recommended Citation
A. Boretti, "Is There Any Support in the Long Term Tide Gauge Data to the Claims that Parts of Sydney Will Be Swamped by Rising Sea Levels?," Coastal Engineering, vol. 64, pp. 161 - 167, Elsevier, Jun 2012.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.01.006
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Australia; Sea level rise; Sydney; Tide gauge
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0378-3839
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Jun 2012
