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- Tam, L. (2009). Strategies for managing sea levels rise. Retrieved from https://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2009-11-01/strategies-managing-sea-level-riseSPUR weighs the advantages and disadvantages of seven strategies to manage sea level rise.
- Freedman, A. (2013). Finding a way to slow sea level rise. Retrieved from https://www.coolaustralia.org/finding-a-way-to-slow-sea-level-rise/Carbon Dioxide Reductions Crucial For Addressing Long-Term Climate Change.
- The Ocean Portal Team. (2018). Sea level rise: Future sea level and adaption. Retrieved from https://ocean.si.edu/through-time/ancient-seas/sea-level-risePredicting future sea level rise is a difficult task because scientists don't know how quickly the planet will respond to the warming climate.
- Kimmelman, M. (2017). The Dutch have solutions to rising seas. The world is watching. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/15/world/europe/climate-change-rotterdam.htmlIn the waterlogged Netherlands, climate change is considered neither a hypothetical nor a drag on the economy. Instead, it’s an opportunity.
- First Street Foundation. (2018). Solving for sea level rise. Retrieved from https://medium.com/firststreet/solving-for-sea-level-rise-b95600751525A brief explanation of sea level rise solutions, timelines, and cities that are successfully implementing them.
- Sea Level Rise. (n.d.). Solutions can protect coastal communities. Retrieved from https://sealevelrise.org/solutions/Flooding due to sea level rise is a big challenge, but there are solutions to keep coastal communities safe.
- Horstman, M. (2014). Sea Level Rise [Catalyst]. Retrieved from https://online.clickview.com.au/exchange/videos/47279/sea-level-riseSea levels are rising and the consequences could be huge. By the end of this century, areas that currently flood once every hundred years, could start to flood several times every year. The rising sea is the sleeping giant of climate change.
- UN Environment Programme (producer). (2018). Tanzania - Seawall Project [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=35&v=i_WpCgLoSTc&feature=emb_logoUN Environment supported the construction of a much needed seawall and drainage system in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to prevent the growing risk of flooding.
- Toomey, J. & United Nations Environment Programme (producers). (2014). Two minutes on oceans w/ Jim Toomey: Adaptation to sea level rise. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgyVzeHTQtY&feature=emb_logoDEPI has partnered with UNEP's Regional Office for North America to develop a short video on the topic of sea level rise and our responses to it, which include a wide variety of approaches, from elaborate and expensive seawalls to enhanced natural resilience, such as the restoration of mangroves, marshes and coral reefs.