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Maritime boundaries in a rising sea

Sea-level rise is progressively changing coastlines. The legal implications for the seaward boundaries between neighbouring coastal states are neither straightforward nor foreseeable.

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Figure 1: Established boundaries called into question.
Figure 2: Conflicting methods of boundary delimitation.
Figure 3: Disappearing exclusive economic zones.

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Houghton, K., Vafeidis, A., Neumann, B. et al. Maritime boundaries in a rising sea. Nature Geosci 3, 813–816 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1029

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