Report to Congress, Appendix B: Sea Level Rise
Sea Level Rise papers from The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendix B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052, as well as the Sea Level Rise chapter from the main report.
All files in the following List of Reports are available for viewing or download in Adobe Acrobat 4.0 (pdf) format.
For additional reports focused on the implications of rising sea level, go to More Sea Level Rise Reports.
List of Reports
"Sea Level Rise" (PDF, 26 pp., 268 KB) by James G. Titus. Chapter 7 of The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052. 1989.
"The Effects of Sea Level Rise on U.S. Coastal Wetlands" (PDF, 60 pp., 2,262 KB) by Richard A. Park, Manjit S. Trehan, Paul W. Mausel, and Robert C. Howe. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendix B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052.
"National Assessment of Beach Nourishment Requirements Associated with Accelerated Sea Level Rise" (PDF, 30 pp., 1,576 KB) by Stephen P. Leatherman. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendix B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052.
"The Cost of Defending Developed Shorelines Along Sheltered Water of the United States from a Two Meter Rise in Mean Sea Level" (PDF, 83 pp., 4,270 KB) by J. Richard Weggel, Scott Brown, Juan Carlos Escajadillo, Patrick Breen, and Edward L. Doheny. The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendix B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052.
"The Cost of Not Holding Back the Sea: Phase 1 Economic Vulnerability" (PDF, 24 pp., 3,282 KB) By Gary Yohe. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendix B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052.
"An Overview of the Nationwide Impacts of Sea Level Rise" (PDF, 56 pp., 841 KB) By James G. Titus and Michael S. Greene. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendix B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052.