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) | Extent of U.S., 1803 | Louisiana Purchase, 1803 | West Florida, 1810–1813 | British Cession, 1818 | East Florida, 1819 | Northern Maine, 1842 | Texas Annexation, 1845 | Oregon Country, 1846 | Mexican Cession, 1848 | Gadsden Purchase, 1853 | Alaska, 1867 | Hawaii, 1898 | |
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Northwest Territories | 0.106% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | ||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | ||||||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | ||||||||||||
Alaska | 0.230% | 94.5% | |||||||||||
Arizona | 76.2% | 23.8% | |||||||||||
Utah | 100% | ||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 97.6% | |||||||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 98.3% | |||||||||||
Idaho | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 97.7% | |||||||||||
Vermont | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 99.4% | |||||||||||
Wyoming | 70.3% | 4.53% | 12.4% | 12.7% | |||||||||
Montana | 82.4% | 17.6% | |||||||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 82.4% | 16.6% | ||||||||||
North Dakota | 57.6% | 42.4% | |||||||||||
Kentucky | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 99.5% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 98.0% | |||||||||||
Mississippi | 92.2% | 7.44% | |||||||||||
West Virginia | 100% | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | ||||||||||||
Texas | 99.5% | ||||||||||||
Missouri | 99.7% | ||||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 86.4% | 12.4% | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 91.5% | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 99.2% | |||||||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 99.8% | |||||||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 95.7% | 4.16% | ||||||||||
New Mexico | 57.5% | 40.3% | 2.23% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 91.7% | 8.26% | |||||||||||
Wisconsin | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
British Columbia | 1.43% | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 99.0% | |||||||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 99.6% | |||||||||||
Michigan | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 99.6% | |||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 100% | ||||||||||||
Colorado | 41.3% | 32.3% | 26.4% | ||||||||||
Nevada | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 98.1% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 99.8% | |||||||||||
New York | 0.163% | 99.4% | |||||||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 96.9% | |||||||||||
Oklahoma | 91.6% | 8.45% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
California | 0.557% | 99.7% | |||||||||||
Arkansas | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
South Dakota | 99.1% | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 100% | ||||||||||||
Indiana | 100% | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 33.8% | 45.1% | 20.9% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 99.7% | ||||||||||||
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