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) | Settled 1750–1850 | Settled by 1750 | Settled by 1910 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.230% | |||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | |||
Nunavut | 0.118% | |||
Hawaii | 1.26% | |||
Arizona | 1.44% | |||
Utah | 4.68% | 30.1% | ||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | ||
Florida | 0.876% | 35.0% | 1.81% | 44.5% |
Idaho | 17.6% | |||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 68.1% | 28.3% | 3.60% |
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 2.94% | ||
Vermont | 97.2% | 2.78% | ||
Washington | 0.110% | 1.36% | 26.5% | |
Wyoming | 7.05% | |||
Montana | 22.9% | |||
Maine | 0.127% | 60.5% | 4.65% | 34.3% |
North Dakota | 97.5% | |||
Kentucky | 100% | |||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 13.9% | 5.00% | |
Virginia | 0.108% | 27.6% | 72.3% | |
Delaware | 5.31% | 99.6% | ||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 21.9% | ||
Saskatchewan | 19.8% | |||
Mississippi | 98.9% | |||
West Virginia | 93.8% | 6.16% | ||
Nebraska | 84.7% | |||
Texas | 22.3% | 1.00% | ||
Missouri | 98.8% | 1.13% | ||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 80.3% | 9.57% | 5.23% |
North Carolina | 0.189% | 58.0% | 5.50% | |
Oregon | 0.116% | 2.57% | 45.6% | |
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 65.9% | 3.53% | |
Alabama | 0.215% | 98.2% | 1.78% | |
New Mexico | 7.36% | 6.25% | 57.8% | |
Kansas | 99.9% | |||
Wisconsin | 2.94% | 82.7% | ||
British Columbia | 1.58% | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.24% | |||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 1.38% | 98.3% | |
South Carolina | 3.55% | 49.6% | 50.3% | |
Michigan | 31.3% | 37.6% | ||
Alberta | 11.0% | |||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 99.9% | ||
Pennsylvania | 82.4% | 17.6% | ||
Colorado | 88.3% | |||
Nevada | 13.0% | |||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 10.9% | 87.0% | |
Georgia | 0.545% | 90.2% | 4.67% | 5.08% |
New York | 0.163% | 83.0% | 2.86% | 3.57% |
Maryland | 0.568% | 11.6% | 87.5% | |
Québec | 3.95% | |||
Manitoba | 7.10% | |||
Oklahoma | 100% | |||
Tennessee | 100% | |||
Ontario | 9.16% | 1.76% | ||
California | 0.557% | 1.21% | 26.0% | |
Arkansas | 100% | |||
South Dakota | 82.4% | |||
Ohio | 100% | |||
Indiana | 100% | |||
Minnesota | 2.69% | 91.1% | ||
Iowa | 45.5% | 54.5% | ||
Illinois | 98.6% | 1.40% | ||
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