Sea Level Rise, Driver of Environmental Change: eDrivers Project for the St.Lawrence SystemSea Level Rise

The data used to characterize sea-level rise risk come from the global cumulative impacts assessment on habitats and available on the NCEAS online data repository. For more details, refer to [Halpern et al. (2015)]( Sea-level rise was characterized by Nicholls and Cazenave (2010) using NASA’s satellite altimetry data (Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1&2, GFO, ERS-1&2, and Envisat missions)

The rate of sea-level rise (mm/year) was measured between 1992 and 2012 and transformed as a net change value (mm) by multiplying by the number of years considered. Only positive values were selected under the assumption that only positive sea-level rise is likely to cause environmental stress.

It is possible to consult the scientific report of the eDrivers project: Characterizing Exposure to and Sharing Knowledge of Drivers of Environmental Change in the St. Lawrence System in Canada and the additional data. It is possible to consult the application eDrivers.

REFERENCES:

• Halpern, B. S., Frazier, M., Potapenko, J., Casey, K. S., Koenig, K., Longo, C., et al. (2015b). Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean. Nature Communications 6 doi.org/10.1038%2Fncomms8615

• Halpern, B. S., Frazier, M., Potapenko, J., Casey, K. S., Koenig, K., Longo, C., et al. (2015a). Cumulative human impacts: Raw stressor data (2008 and 2013). Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/f1s180fs.