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) | 2 to 2.5 | 2.5 to 3 | 3 to 3.5 | 3.5 to 4 | 4 to 4.5 | 4.5 to 5 | 5 to 5.5 | 5.5 to 6 | 6 to 6.5 | 6.5 to 7 | 7 to 7.5 | |
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Alaska | 0.230% | 0.364% | 0.102% | 17.0% | 18.9% | 20.0% | 17.3% | 13.9% | 6.85% | 0.304% | ||
Arizona | 3.51% | 69.2% | 27.3% | |||||||||
Utah | 100% | |||||||||||
Yukon | 36.2% | 38.5% | 16.4% | 5.02% | 3.91% | |||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 9.87% | 22.1% | 27.7% | 18.5% | 4.31% | 15.6% | 1.77% | ||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | ||||||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 15.0% | 82.2% | 2.85% | ||||||||
Idaho | 48.1% | 51.9% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 23.7% | 76.3% | |||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 100% | ||||||||||
Vermont | 95.9% | 4.15% | ||||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 6.09% | 55.9% | 38.0% | ||||||||
Wyoming | 3.26% | 96.7% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 1.46% | 4.55% | 27.5% | 0.150% | 19.2% | 5.07% | |||||
Montana | 89.8% | 10.2% | ||||||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 16.2% | 71.2% | 12.7% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 100% | |||||||||||
Kentucky | 100% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 0.194% | 99.8% | |||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 63.0% | 37.0% | |||||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 100% | ||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 85.1% | 14.9% | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 31.5% | 61.8% | 6.66% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 1.91% | 52.1% | 46.0% | |||||||||
West Virginia | 100% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | |||||||||||
Texas | 1.45% | 25.6% | 56.1% | 16.9% | ||||||||
Missouri | 20.7% | 79.3% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 21.5% | 63.6% | 14.9% | ||||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 4.46% | 95.5% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 3.74% | 93.9% | |||||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 19.6% | 27.0% | 52.7% | 0.664% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 20.6% | 69.3% | 10.1% | ||||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 2.92% | 87.2% | 9.85% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 21.3% | 78.7% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 100% | |||||||||||
Wisconsin | 100% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 1.18% | 10.9% | 80.5% | 7.40% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 9.26% | 24.1% | 25.5% | 41.2% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 99.9% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 12.4% | 87.6% | |||||||||
Michigan | 100% | |||||||||||
Alberta | 21.6% | 71.0% | 7.43% | |||||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 100% | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 10.3% | 76.9% | 12.8% | |||||||||
Colorado | 100% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 55.5% | 44.5% | ||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 0.220% | 0.204% | 88.4% | 11.2% | |||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 17.7% | 82.3% | |||||||||
New York | 0.163% | 8.25% | 44.4% | 47.4% | ||||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 77.2% | 22.8% | |||||||||
Québec | 0.462% | 6.48% | 44.1% | 28.1% | 20.7% | 0.145% | ||||||
Manitoba | 43.2% | 44.5% | 12.3% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 28.9% | 71.1% | ||||||||||
Tennessee | 26.0% | 74.0% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 48.4% | 40.0% | 11.6% | |||||||||
California | 0.557% | 0.147% | 33.8% | 21.5% | 35.5% | |||||||
Arkansas | 98.0% | 2.00% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 100% | |||||||||||
Ohio | 67.4% | 32.6% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 53.3% | 46.7% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 100% | |||||||||||
Iowa | 100% | |||||||||||
Illinois | 18.1% | 81.9% | ||||||||||
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