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) | Ultisols | Aridisols | Histosols | Entisols | Rocky Land | Alfisols | Spodosols | Gelisols | Inceptisols | Andisols | Vertisols | Mollisols | Ice/Glacier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | |||||||||||||
Alaska | 0.230% | 0.175% | 1.66% | 0.377% | 0.145% | 0.407% | ||||||||
Arizona | 65.2% | 10.6% | 19.7% | |||||||||||
Utah | 26.0% | 4.97% | 38.1% | |||||||||||
Yukon | 0.499% | 51.9% | 1.02% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 1.47% | 1.52% | 4.36% | 2.91% | 5.12% | ||||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 25.2% | 5.20% | 17.9% | 3.71% | 16.6% | 8.96% | |||||||
Idaho | 29.4% | 1.94% | 14.0% | 16.2% | 36.2% | |||||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 80.6% | 19.4% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 98.7% | ||||||||||||
Vermont | 12.7% | 86.8% | 0.502% | |||||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 9.70% | 2.34% | 1.14% | 8.77% | 5.47% | 34.9% | |||||||
Wyoming | 1.84% | 10.2% | 2.80% | 1.24% | 0.559% | 6.94% | ||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 0.240% | 1.63% | 8.56% | ||||||||||
Montana | 31.4% | 8.64% | 0.199% | 0.199% | 0.401% | 1.53% | ||||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 83.1% | 15.3% | |||||||||||
North Dakota | 0.768% | 8.53% | 4.28% | 86.4% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 30.2% | 29.9% | 30.8% | 6.23% | ||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 75.5% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 83.9% | 13.7% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 96.3% | ||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 1.60% | 2.72% | 1.00% | 0.152% | 40.0% | 0.356% | 1.21% | 33.2% | ||||||
Mississippi | 54.0% | 21.9% | 2.04% | 1.09% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 1.43% | 90.6% | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 26.1% | 73.8% | ||||||||||||
Texas | 0.630% | 7.70% | 9.52% | 4.97% | 3.67% | 32.0% | ||||||||
Missouri | 34.1% | 14.7% | 1.99% | 32.0% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 17.3% | 0.944% | 7.47% | 0.940% | 8.11% | ||||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 55.7% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 96.7% | ||||||||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 13.6% | 1.88% | 4.92% | 6.04% | 10.0% | 0.228% | 1.19% | 1.19% | |||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 25.8% | 69.7% | |||||||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 84.2% | 2.06% | 6.78% | ||||||||||
New Mexico | 23.9% | 0.727% | 0.457% | 0.833% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 1.38% | 0.670% | 1.01% | 96.8% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 7.99% | 59.0% | 27.3% | 4.61% | ||||||||||
British Columbia | 4.65% | 2.91% | 0.226% | 1.14% | 6.03% | 2.45% | 2.94% | 0.754% | 0.590% | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 22.5% | 0.528% | 12.3% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 51.4% | 19.0% | 26.1% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 99.6% | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 0.371% | 28.2% | 29.7% | 10.1% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 1.76% | 1.99% | 2.06% | 1.52% | 1.21% | 2.08% | 0.886% | 0.922% | 18.7% | |||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 99.6% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 11.3% | 1.89% | 74.4% | |||||||||||
Colorado | 2.93% | 10.0% | 1.68% | 4.28% | ||||||||||
Nevada | 78.2% | 2.02% | 16.0% | |||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 0.651% | 93.7% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 94.5% | 1.08% | 2.83% | 1.35% | |||||||||
New York | 0.163% | 0.810% | 0.620% | 4.00% | ||||||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 85.5% | 12.1% | |||||||||||
Québec | 2.00% | 1.55% | 4.48% | 10.5% | 0.375% | |||||||||
Manitoba | 0.484% | 18.2% | 5.58% | 1.19% | 24.8% | 0.141% | 13.5% | |||||||
Oklahoma | 17.2% | 2.27% | 0.965% | 1.91% | 14.3% | 59.3% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 69.8% | 12.5% | 6.93% | 2.18% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 0.790% | 1.77% | 1.40% | 4.80% | 5.30% | |||||||||
California | 0.557% | 1.11% | 36.3% | 4.75% | 8.79% | 2.72% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 69.9% | 6.28% | 0.186% | 0.993% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 0.202% | 3.71% | 0.162% | 87.9% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 0.144% | 73.9% | 25.5% | |||||||||||
Indiana | 4.14% | 2.78% | 80.4% | 12.7% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 7.23% | 1.75% | 41.7% | 5.16% | 0.278% | 34.3% | ||||||||
Iowa | 12.5% | 76.7% | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 27.3% | 63.9% | ||||||||||||
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