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) | 80 and over inches | 60–79 inches | 40–59 inches | 20–39 inches | 10–19 inches | Under 10 inches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.230% | 0.389% | 0.159% | 0.114% | 39.7% | 25.1% | |
Arizona | 48.7% | 3.90% | |||||
Utah | 52.3% | 8.61% | |||||
Yukon | 3.35% | 17.0% | 71.1% | 8.49% | |||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 53.7% | 0.342% | ||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | |||||
Florida | 0.876% | 6.59% | 0.114% | ||||
Idaho | 22.8% | 66.2% | 10.9% | ||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 82.5% | 17.5% | ||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 3.94% | |||||
Vermont | 0.378% | 99.6% | |||||
Washington | 0.110% | 0.217% | 20.8% | 35.5% | 3.68% | ||
Wyoming | 94.9% | 5.08% | |||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 1.91% | 11.2% | 0.496% | |||
Montana | 2.47% | 97.5% | |||||
Maine | 0.127% | 0.284% | 76.3% | ||||
North Dakota | 3.12% | 96.9% | |||||
Kentucky | 99.1% | 0.934% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 0.183% | |||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 91.0% | 8.86% | ||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 99.1% | |||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 98.4% | |||||
Saskatchewan | 100% | ||||||
Mississippi | 23.9% | 76.0% | |||||
West Virginia | 78.4% | 21.6% | |||||
Nebraska | 62.3% | 37.7% | |||||
Texas | 22.8% | 54.5% | 22.2% | 0.422% | |||
Missouri | 75.4% | 24.6% | |||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 0.204% | 57.2% | ||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 58.7% | |||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 1.70% | 0.120% | ||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 23.8% | 6.51% | 41.2% | 0.940% | ||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 23.7% | 0.147% | ||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 9.73% | 69.9% | ||||
New Mexico | 80.4% | 19.5% | |||||
Kansas | 17.1% | 78.3% | 4.62% | ||||
Wisconsin | 100% | ||||||
British Columbia | 0.306% | 0.252% | 17.8% | 43.0% | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 21.6% | 3.34% | 0.586% | ||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 99.7% | |||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 7.80% | 92.1% | ||||
Michigan | 100% | ||||||
Alberta | 8.49% | 91.5% | |||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 99.9% | |||||
Pennsylvania | 59.2% | 40.8% | |||||
Colorado | 11.2% | 88.8% | |||||
Nevada | 0.983% | 29.3% | 69.7% | ||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 0.195% | 8.01% | ||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 33.6% | 66.3% | ||||
New York | 0.163% | 2.89% | 61.4% | ||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 0.157% | 7.94% | ||||
Québec | 0.475% | 72.8% | 16.1% | ||||
Manitoba | 4.00% | 96.0% | |||||
Oklahoma | 36.1% | 61.0% | 2.99% | ||||
Tennessee | 100% | ||||||
Ontario | 94.0% | 6.00% | |||||
California | 0.557% | 4.72% | 56.2% | 31.3% | 1.42% | ||
Arkansas | 100% | ||||||
South Dakota | 18.0% | 82.0% | |||||
Ohio | 32.0% | 68.0% | |||||
Indiana | 25.2% | 74.8% | |||||
Minnesota | 100% | ||||||
Iowa | 100% | ||||||
Illinois | 23.9% | 76.1% | |||||
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