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Coastal hazard risk increase due to reef degradation: Florida

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Four aerial photos of the southern part of Florida labeled with asset and people loss due to elevation and erosion degradation.
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Detailed Description

Four scenarios for the southern part of the Florida coastline show the increase in annual coastal hazard risk due to projected coral reef degradation.

  1. Potential values of assets ($) lost due to mean elevation degradation scenario per kilometer (upper left)
  2. Potential values of assets ($) lost due to mean erosion degradation scenario per kilometer (upper right)
  3. Potential population at risk due to mean elevation degradation scenario per kilometer (lower left)
  4. Potential population at risk due to mean erosion degradation scenario per kilometer (lower right)

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Rigorously valuing the impact of projected coral reef degradation on coastal hazard risk in Florida
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021-1055

Projected flooding extents and depths based on 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-yr wave-energy return periods for the State of Florida...
U.S. Geological Survey data release