Seminole State Speaker Series: Confronting Coastal Risk in an Age of Rising Sea Levels

The rate of global sea-level rise today is roughly three times the average rate over the last century, which was itself already the fastest rate in at least three millennia. What's driving this sea-level rise? What can science say about sea-level rise over the coming decades and centuries? And how can society manage the risks these changes are creating?
 

Dr. Robert Kopp is a climate scientist who serves at Rutgers University as a Professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and as Co-Director of the University Office of Climate Action. His research focuses on past and future sea-level change, the interactions between physical climate change and the economy, and the use of climate risk information in decision-making. He is a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report and a director of the Climate Impact Lab. He also directs the Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub, a National Science Foundation-funded consortium that advances coastal climate adaptation and the scientific understanding of natural and human coastal climate dynamics.
 

A Q&A session will follow the presentation.