CRSLR Research Group

Welcome to the

Coastal Risks &
Sea-level Rise Research Group | Kiel University

Climate-induced pressure on coastal areas is resulting in a range of impacts, which include submergence and flooding of coastal lowlands, erosion, saltwater intrusion and the loss of wetlands. Meanwhile, human pressure is increasing as population along the world's coasts is rising up to three times faster than the global mean. The extent of potential impacts is significant but uncertain. Our research focuses on assessing the magnitude of climate-change induced impacts on coastal regions and on understanding how coastal systems respond to combined pressures from natural and anthropogenic drivers.

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Welcome to the

Coastal Risks & Sea-level Rise Research Group | Kiel University

Climate-induced pressure on coastal areas is resulting in a range of impacts, which include submergence and flooding of coastal lowlands, erosion, saltwater intrusion and the loss of wetlands. Meanwhile, human pressure is increasing as population along the world's coasts is rising up to three times faster than the global mean. The extent of potential impacts will be significant but uncertain. Our research focuses on assessing the magnitude of climate-change induced impacts on coastal regions and on understanding how coastal systems respond to combined pressures from natural and anthropogenic drivers.

Welcome to the

Coastal Risks & Sea-level Rise Research Group | Kiel University

Climate-induced pressure on coastal areas is resulting in a range of impacts, which include submergence and flooding of coastal lowlands, erosion, saltwater intrusion and the loss of wetlands. Meanwhile, human pressure is increasing as population along the world's coasts is rising up to three times faster than the global mean. The extent of potential impacts wil be significant but uncertain. Our research focuses on assessing the magnitude of climate-change induced impacts on coastal regions and on understanding how coastal systems respond to combined pressures from natural and anthropogenic drivers.

Welcome to the

Coastal Risks & Sea-level Rise Research Group | Kiel University

Climate-induced pressure on coastal areas is resulting in a range of impacts, which include submergence and flooding of coastal lowlands, erosion, saltwater intrusion and the loss of wetlands. Meanwhile, human pressure is increasing as population along the world's coasts is rising up to three times faster than the global mean. The extent of potential impacts will be significant but uncertain. Our research focuses on assessing the magnitude of climate-change induced impacts on coastal regions and on understanding how coastal systems respond to combined pressures from natural and anthropogenic drivers.

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New Publications

May 15, 2024

Scientific Data

Bonatz, H., Reimann, L. & Vafeidis, A.T.

Comparing built-up area datasets to assess urban exposure to coastal hazards in Europe

January 23, 2024

Journal of Geophysical Research: Ocean

Sunna Kupfer, Leigh R. MacPherson, Jochen Hinkel, Arne Arns, Athanasios T. Vafeidis

A Comprehensive Probabilistic Flood Assessment Accounting for Hydrograph Variability of ESL Events

November 24, 2023

Communications Earth & Environment

Kiesel, J., Honsel, L.E., Lorenz, M., Gräwe, U., Vafeidis, A.

Raising dikes and managed realignment may be insufficient for maintaining current flood risk along the German Baltic Sea coast

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Research Areas

Coastal Population Development

We explore how we can account for the rapid population growth in coastal regions when developing spatially explicit estimates of the distribution of future population, under a range of socio-economic scenarios (e.g. SSP).

Coastal Adaptation

We analyse the factors that drive the responses of coastal residents to changing sea-levels and assess the effectiveness of strategies in reducing impacts.

Coastal Wetlands and ASLR

Our research focuses on the collection of field data and on the development and use of process-based models for understanding the response of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise and for assessing the benefits that they provide in coastal protection.

Coastal Impact and Vulnerability Analysis

We assess the magnitude of SLR impacts at different scales, from global to local, under various climatic, socio-economic, and adaptation scenarios.

Coastal Population Development

Coastal Adaptation

We analyse the factors that drive the responses of coastal residents to changing sea-levels and assess the effectiveness of strategies in reducing impacts.

Coastal Wetlands and ASLR

Coastal Impact and Vulnerability Analysis

We assess the magnitude of SLR impacts at different scales, from global to local, under various climatic, socio-economic, and adaptation scenarios.

Ongoing and recently completed projects

We are currently participating in several externally funded national and international research projects, on topics related to our research foci. Please click on one of the following projects for more information.

adjust

adjust aims develop suggestions for fair allocation of climate adaptation finance. The project follows an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach that combines political sciences, philosophy and environmental geography.

SEASCAPE

Seascape aims at assessing potential compound flood probabilities and risk for the Baltic Sea region under present and future scenarios. Based on this newly gained knowledge, the project additionally aims at developing adaptive decision support methods for two case cities of the German Baltic coast.

ECAS - BALTIC

ECAS-Baltic, explores strategies for ecosystem supporting coastal adaptation measures for the German Baltic Sea coast. Such measures are often referred to as nature-based solutions and involve the (re-)creation of coastal wetlands such as saltmarshes, seagrass beds, brackish water reed belts but als

CoCliCo

The overarching goal of the Coastal Climate Core Service (CoCliCo) project, which is funded by the EU Horizon 2020, is to improve decision-making on coastal risk management and adaptation, by establishing an integrated core service dedicated to coastal adaptation to sea-level rise.

recently completed

adjust

recently completed

SEASCAPE

recently completed

ECAS - BALTIC

recently completed

CoCliCo

recently completed

Coastwards

Participation is simple and registration is not required. Whether Mallorca or Ecuador, whether steep coast or port facility, whether it is from ten years ago or from yesterday - every photo is added to the database and in this way, improves an important scientific basis for the development of long-t

recently completed

CASISAC

Within the CASISAC project, we provide a comprehensive overview of the potential impacts of sea-level rise as well as possible adaptation options, for the South African coast, under a range different climate change scenarios.

recently completed

Evoked

EVOKED enhances the value of climate data and translates risk and uncertainty utilizing a Living Lab approach. It aims to sharei knowledge about the impacts of climate change, in order to provide concrete policy actions to counteract the consequences of climate change.

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Team

The CoastalRisks and Sea-Level Rise (CRSLR) research group was established in February 2008, as part of the Future Ocean Excellence Cluster. CRSLR is based at the Institute of Geography of Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, which has a long tradition in coastal research.