Impacts of sea level rise - Earthguide Online Classroom

How much energy was used per person (per capita) in 2004. Source of data: From National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise, U.S. Geological Survey.

National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise
Online reports, 2000.
E. Robert Thieler, Jeff Williams, and Erika Hammar-Klose, Woods Hole Field Center, U.S. Geological Survey.

Chapter 6: Coastal Systems and Low-Lying Areas
"a global perspective on the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on coastal and adjoining low-lying areas, with an emphasis on post-2000 insights"
Climate Change 2007: Working Group II: Impacts, Adaption and Vulnerability, IPCC

Sea level is rising.
As sea level rises, it will drown low-lying coastal areas.
As sea level rise, storms will cause more coastal erosion further inland. During storms, sea level is abnormally high due to storm surge and higher waves. Set on an already higher sea level, erosional forces will get to places that were previously out of reach. Storms arriving coincidentally at high tide will do the most damage.
As sea level rises, storm surge associated with major hurricanes will reach higher onto land.
The sand on many beaches will continue to be lost to erosion.
Low-lying nations, such as some Pacific Island States may disappear altogether, causing people to have to move.