Tropical Asia: Difference between revisions

[[Coast|Coastal lands]] in particular are extremely vulnerable to [[Sea level rise|sea-level rise]] as a result of climate change.<ref name="abc"/><ref name="cde"/> Densely settled and intensively used low-level coastal plains, deltas, and islands are particularly susceptible to [[coastal erosion]] and land loss, sea flooding and barrage, especially vulnerable to coastal erosion and land loss, inundation and sea flooding, upstream movement of the saline/freshwater front and seawater incursion into freshwater lenses.<ref name="abc"/><ref name="cde"/> Mainly at risk are large delta regions of [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Thailand]], and the low-lying areas of [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Philippines]].<ref name="abc"/><ref name="cde"/> Socio-economic effects may be noticeable to major cities and ports, tourist resorts, artisanal and commercial fishing and coastal agriculture, and infra-structure development. Global studies project that by 2100, up to 410 million people (59 per cent in tropical Asia) may be affected by a 1-metre rise in sea level.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Storer |first=Rhi |date=29 Jun 2021 |title=Up to 410 million people at risk from sea level rises – study |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/29/risk-from-sea-level-rises-unless-emissions-reduced |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webjournal |lastlast1=Hooijer |firstfirst1=A |last2=Vernimmen |first2=R |date=29 June 2021 |title=Global LiDAR land elevation data reveal greatest sea-level rise vulnerability in the tropics |url=https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23810-9 |access-date=18 May 2022 |websitejournal=Nature Communications|volume=12 |issue=1 |page=3592 |doi=10.1038/s41467-021-23810-9 |pmid=34188026 |pmc=8242013 |bibcode=2021NatCo..12.3592H }}</ref>