Chronic flooding events due to sea-level rise in French Guiana
Rémi Thiéblemont, Gonéri Le Cozannet, Maurizio D’Anna, Déborah Idier, Ali Belmadani, Aimée B A Slangen, François Longueville · 2023
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Description
Rémi Thiéblemont and six co-authors document high-tide flooding in French Guiana that they attribute to sea-level rise itself, in a two thousand twenty-three climate paper. Many reported flooding hotspots involve sinking land or unusual ocean dynamics, muddying the climate signal.
French Guiana's sea level tracks the global average and the ground is stable. A well-documented Cayenne flood in October two thousand twenty struck under calm weather; probabilistic modeling of daily water levels shows it is a consequence of sea-level rise. Projections indicate more frequent, severe, and extensive high-tide flooding across the territory's urban areas, shaped by local topography. The study offers early, clean evidence of an emerging climate impact.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rémi Thiéblemont, Gonéri Le Cozannet, Maurizio D’Anna, Déborah Idier, Ali Belmadani, Aimée B A Slangen, François Longueville |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |