Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)
WorldPhysical EnvironmentSocial / HealthAreas vulnerable to a 1-meter rise in sea level
ETOPO1A map shows global sea-level rise vulnerability (1 meter). The highest vulnerability areas, marked in blue, are along coastlines, notably in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and Australia.
Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m) | 0 to 2°C | 3 to 5°C | 6 to 8°C | 9 to 11°C | 12 to 14°C | 15 to 17°C | 18 to 20°C | 21 to 23°C | 24 to 26°C | 27 to 29°C | over 30°C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.230% | 2.07% | 0.102% | 1.55% | 61.7% | |||||||
Arizona | 31.1% | 44.3% | 24.6% | |||||||||
Utah | 22.4% | 10.2% | 31.4% | |||||||||
Yukon | 1.02% | 5.15% | 93.8% | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 0.878% | 21.6% | 7.94% | 10.5% | 59.1% | ||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | ||||||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 84.0% | 16.0% | |||||||||
Idaho | 52.5% | 45.2% | 2.21% | |||||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 100% | ||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 62.8% | 37.2% | |||||||||
Vermont | 100% | |||||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 23.4% | 27.9% | 35.5% | ||||||||
Wyoming | 57.2% | 36.6% | 6.22% | |||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 22.1% | 39.9% | 23.5% | 12.2% | 2.23% | ||||||
Montana | 56.5% | 21.6% | 21.8% | |||||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 21.3% | 78.7% | |||||||||
North Dakota | 37.6% | 62.4% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 100% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 100% | ||||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 48.6% | 51.4% | |||||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 43.6% | 56.4% | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 100% | ||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 1.64% | 24.6% | 49.4% | 17.2% | 1.04% | |||||||
Mississippi | 100% | |||||||||||
West Virginia | 11.9% | 88.1% | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 1.32% | 35.2% | 63.5% | |||||||||
Texas | 7.04% | 70.2% | 22.7% | |||||||||
Missouri | 100% | |||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 100% | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 97.3% | 2.67% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 26.8% | 73.2% | |||||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 11.6% | 83.6% | 4.75% | ||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 73.4% | 26.6% | |||||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 100% | ||||||||||
New Mexico | 0.149% | 84.2% | 15.7% | |||||||||
Kansas | 6.28% | 93.7% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 1.04% | 35.2% | 63.8% | |||||||||
British Columbia | 85.4% | 13.9% | 0.706% | |||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.91% | 37.1% | 57.9% | |||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 95.6% | 4.35% | |||||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 2.93% | 97.1% | |||||||||
Michigan | 12.8% | 28.4% | 58.8% | |||||||||
Alberta | 50.7% | 34.5% | 14.8% | |||||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 6.03% | 94.0% | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | 99.0% | 1.04% | ||||||||||
Colorado | 14.4% | 39.4% | 44.0% | 2.22% | ||||||||
Nevada | 15.3% | 31.5% | 45.5% | 7.66% | ||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 98.7% | 1.07% | 0.220% | ||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 100% | ||||||||||
New York | 0.163% | 60.0% | 40.0% | |||||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 74.4% | 25.6% | |||||||||
Québec | 1.08% | 22.4% | 41.4% | 22.6% | 3.88% | |||||||
Manitoba | 32.7% | 26.1% | 29.9% | 11.4% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 100% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | |||||||||||
Ontario | 10.3% | 11.0% | 55.9% | 3.50% | 2.10% | |||||||
California | 0.557% | 0.261% | 27.4% | 0.828% | 11.3% | 14.3% | 0.918% | |||||
Arkansas | 100% | |||||||||||
South Dakota | 75.3% | 24.7% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 58.5% | 41.5% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 29.9% | 70.1% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 4.10% | 41.1% | 46.2% | 8.52% | ||||||||
Iowa | 11.6% | 88.4% | ||||||||||
Illinois | 23.5% | 76.5% | ||||||||||
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