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) | Specialty crop or livestock farming | Mixed farming | Commercial wheat and other small grain farming | Dairy farming | General farming | Livestock ranching | Irrigated agriculture | Mediterranean agriculture (with irrigation) | Nonfarming | |
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Alaska | 0.230% | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | |||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | |||||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | |||||||||
Arizona | 55.8% | 1.74% | ||||||||
Utah | 80.7% | 5.63% | 1.50% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 93.5% | 6.49% | |||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 52.7% | ||||||||
Idaho | 80.1% | 1.68% | 3.82% | |||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 94.9% | 5.10% | |||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 3.91% | ||||||||
Vermont | 99.4% | |||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 2.54% | 6.88% | 28.9% | 1.54% | |||||
Wyoming | 95.3% | 3.25% | ||||||||
Montana | 13.8% | 79.9% | 1.03% | |||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 11.2% | 78.0% | 10.3% | ||||||
North Dakota | 97.2% | 2.79% | ||||||||
Kentucky | 4.50% | 95.5% | ||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 36.7% | 19.0% | |||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 1.66% | 7.48% | 37.3% | ||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 99.2% | ||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 98.5% | ||||||||
Saskatchewan | 44.8% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 100% | |||||||||
West Virginia | 2.88% | 97.1% | ||||||||
Nebraska | 46.2% | 15.2% | 29.5% | 3.16% | 1.83% | |||||
Texas | 45.6% | 41.0% | 1.75% | |||||||
Missouri | 12.6% | 41.5% | 45.8% | |||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 98.0% | 1.56% | |||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 83.7% | 16.0% | |||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 10.4% | 1.98% | 53.5% | 1.61% | |||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 4.59% | 69.9% | 15.9% | 9.03% | |||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 100% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 1.35% | 94.7% | 1.16% | |||||||
Kansas | 20.9% | 64.6% | 5.63% | 8.39% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 3.92% | 95.5% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 65.3% | 34.4% | |||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 99.9% | ||||||||
Michigan | 5.98% | 64.0% | ||||||||
Alberta | 14.2% | 16.7% | 1.37% | |||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 99.9% | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.55% | 88.8% | 9.67% | |||||||
Colorado | 17.8% | 67.2% | 9.64% | 3.65% | ||||||
Nevada | 95.3% | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 98.2% | ||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 99.9% | ||||||||
New York | 0.163% | 2.90% | 6.80% | |||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 35.0% | 33.2% | 11.4% | ||||||
Québec | 1.00% | 1.28% | ||||||||
Manitoba | 14.1% | 4.24% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 67.7% | 1.43% | 15.1% | 9.41% | 6.32% | |||||
Tennessee | 42.6% | 57.4% | ||||||||
Ontario | 1.82% | 8.82% | 2.80% | |||||||
California | 0.557% | 30.0% | 2.07% | 42.1% | 4.51% | |||||
Arkansas | 74.6% | 7.82% | 2.70% | |||||||
South Dakota | 25.4% | 18.2% | 56.3% | |||||||
Ohio | 12.6% | 39.3% | 48.1% | |||||||
Indiana | 67.6% | 32.4% | ||||||||
Minnesota | 17.0% | 7.67% | 56.4% | |||||||
Iowa | 99.5% | |||||||||
Illinois | 1.38% | 89.2% | 2.58% | 6.84% | ||||||
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