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) | 240–259 | 220–239 | 200–219 | 180–199 | 160–179 | 140–159 | 120–139 | 100–119 | 80–99 | Less than 80 | |
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Alaska | 0.230% | 28.4% | 69.2% | 2.23% | |||||||
Arizona | 44.2% | 33.7% | 22.1% | ||||||||
Utah | 70.0% | 8.89% | 2.63% | ||||||||
Yukon | 100% | ||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 2.63% | 82.4% | 14.9% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | |||||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 32.7% | 67.3% | ||||||||
Idaho | 78.1% | 21.9% | |||||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 100% | |||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 100% | |||||||||
Vermont | 100% | ||||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 1.22% | 98.8% | ||||||||
Wyoming | 12.4% | 87.6% | |||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 1.36% | 33.1% | 65.5% | |||||||
Montana | 14.7% | 85.3% | |||||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 99.8% | 0.153% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 100% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 46.4% | 53.6% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 52.4% | 47.6% | ||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 2.49% | 97.5% | ||||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 100% | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 100% | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 42.7% | 57.2% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 82.1% | 17.9% | |||||||||
West Virginia | 99.2% | 0.827% | |||||||||
Nebraska | 9.53% | 90.5% | |||||||||
Texas | 5.26% | 58.9% | 35.9% | ||||||||
Missouri | 66.4% | 33.6% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 26.8% | 73.2% | ||||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 2.67% | 97.3% | ||||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 73.0% | 27.0% | ||||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 96.3% | 3.75% | ||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 47.2% | 52.8% | ||||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 66.2% | 33.8% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 15.5% | 33.9% | 49.1% | ||||||||
Kansas | 5.90% | 91.6% | 2.46% | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 100% | ||||||||||
British Columbia | 21.7% | 31.5% | 46.8% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 29.5% | 69.1% | 1.36% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 51.6% | 48.4% | ||||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 100% | |||||||||
Michigan | 100% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 29.7% | 53.1% | 17.2% | ||||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 100% | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | 19.4% | 80.6% | |||||||||
Colorado | 48.1% | 51.6% | 0.332% | ||||||||
Nevada | 1.58% | 63.4% | 31.2% | 3.86% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 0.220% | 99.8% | ||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 48.3% | 51.7% | ||||||||
New York | 0.163% | 100% | |||||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 100% | |||||||||
Québec | 10.4% | 38.5% | 41.0% | 10.1% | |||||||
Manitoba | 26.0% | 66.7% | 7.35% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 82.2% | 17.8% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 30.4% | 56.0% | 13.7% | ||||||||
California | 0.557% | 2.69% | 22.7% | 49.4% | 19.9% | 5.25% | |||||
Arkansas | 50.1% | 49.9% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 50.1% | 49.9% | |||||||||
Ohio | 51.6% | 48.4% | |||||||||
Indiana | 0.561% | 79.2% | 20.2% | ||||||||
Minnesota | 99.9% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 77.7% | 22.3% | |||||||||
Illinois | 11.8% | 73.8% | 14.4% | ||||||||
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