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People and coastal ecosystems adapt to relative sea-level rise

Humans and mangroves adapt to conditions arising from subsidence and relative sea-level rise. Quantifying adaptation responses provides an innovative and cost-effective means of characterizing spatial variation in subsidence and relative sea-level rise and delivers critical information for coastal planning.

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Rogers, K. People and coastal ecosystems adapt to relative sea-level rise. Nat Sustain 6, 1510–1511 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01184-8

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