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) | Lowest hazard | Low hazard | Moderately low hazard | Moderate hazard | Moderately high hazard | High hazard | Highest hazard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | |||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | |||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | |||||||
Alaska | 0.230% | 2.85% | 1.92% | 2.33% | 38.6% | 2.01% | 5.60% | 5.27% |
Arizona | 6.30% | 79.1% | 4.42% | |||||
Utah | 12.7% | 56.8% | 6.12% | 1.39% | ||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | ||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 87.3% | 10.9% | |||||
Idaho | 2.22% | 24.8% | 28.3% | 9.56% | ||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 39.4% | 60.3% | |||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 93.7% | ||||||
Vermont | 81.9% | 18.1% | ||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 25.6% | 38.5% | 19.2% | 5.52% | 10.1% | ||
Wyoming | 5.20% | 20.2% | 63.6% | 8.78% | ||||
Montana | 20.1% | 5.22% | 15.0% | 22.0% | 2.02% | |||
Maine | 0.127% | 63.3% | 7.54% | |||||
North Dakota | 98.6% | 1.38% | ||||||
Kentucky | 7.69% | 64.8% | 10.2% | 7.55% | 1.03% | 3.57% | ||
Virginia | 0.108% | 1.50% | 39.8% | 49.9% | 5.34% | |||
Delaware | 5.31% | 80.2% | 18.7% | |||||
Mississippi | 46.6% | 33.2% | 16.6% | 3.37% | ||||
West Virginia | 66.8% | 33.2% | ||||||
Nebraska | 33.8% | 2.42% | 1.45% | |||||
Texas | 54.2% | 29.7% | 7.88% | |||||
Missouri | 8.53% | 41.8% | 23.6% | 11.8% | 7.42% | 1.26% | 5.55% | |
Louisiana | 0.728% | 6.85% | 90.8% | 1.03% | ||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 7.50% | 6.67% | 9.71% | 4.93% | 52.2% | ||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 5.87% | 47.3% | 35.4% | 9.17% | 1.38% | ||
Oregon | 0.116% | 1.50% | 41.7% | 13.0% | 4.40% | 4.75% | ||
Alabama | 0.215% | 2.82% | 40.6% | 43.3% | 7.23% | |||
New Mexico | 7.73% | 4.90% | 54.5% | 8.67% | ||||
Kansas | 42.9% | 9.98% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 95.7% | 4.01% | ||||||
British Columbia | 2.06% | |||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 17.9% | 69.2% | 10.9% | ||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 22.6% | 58.4% | 8.92% | 2.25% | 7.66% | ||
Michigan | 74.0% | 24.1% | ||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 98.9% | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 85.9% | 14.1% | ||||||
Colorado | 5.33% | 26.1% | 34.0% | 32.6% | ||||
Nevada | 6.24% | 61.7% | 15.9% | 6.20% | 1.29% | |||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 79.0% | 15.4% | |||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 4.38% | 39.2% | 43.9% | 10.4% | 1.79% | ||
New York | 0.163% | 31.8% | 35.5% | 13.6% | 7.01% | |||
Maryland | 0.568% | 87.1% | 10.7% | |||||
Oklahoma | 43.3% | 42.2% | 13.7% | |||||
Tennessee | 28.9% | 15.6% | 11.5% | 1.92% | 8.15% | |||
California | 0.557% | 3.21% | 9.22% | 1.48% | 1.10% | 28.4% | ||
Arkansas | 17.3% | 39.7% | 21.2% | 1.93% | 2.11% | 7.50% | ||
South Dakota | 27.5% | 53.6% | 8.87% | |||||
Ohio | 85.3% | 2.10% | 1.52% | |||||
Indiana | 50.5% | 36.9% | 9.25% | 3.12% | ||||
Minnesota | 99.1% | |||||||
Iowa | 92.6% | 7.45% | ||||||
Illinois | 52.5% | 18.5% | 13.6% | 11.9% | 1.07% | 1.91% | ||
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