A major international research project is to explore the potential for low-lying coral atoll islands to survive the predicted rise in sea level.
A major international research project is to explore the potential for low-lying coral atoll islands to survive the predicted rise in sea level.
The islands, commonly found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, are widely acknowledged to be among the world’s most vulnerable environments to climate change.
Most of them are presently predicted to be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century, but those forecasts are based on relatively simple hydrodynamic models.
A £2.8million project - Natural adaptation of atoll islands to sea-level rise offering opportunities for ongoing human occupation (ARISE) - is being funded through UK Research and Innovation’s Horizon Europe Guarantee programme.
Read more at: University of Plymouth
