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This session on “Sea level rise” has received 30 contributions from different and exciting topics. The session is split into two time slots. During the first part authors will discuss about past long-term sea level changes at both local (e.g. Singapore, West Africa, Mediterranean) and global scales and for time scales from Holocene to the Last Interglacial. Sea level proxies, marine terraces and archaeological indicators will be used to describe past relative sea level changes and processes such as Glacial Isostatic Adjustment
The second part of the "Sea level rise" session focuses on the present and future of sea level changes. This session will begin with presentations on internal sea level variability-related issues, on the closure of sea level budget, and on regional sea level change studies (Mediterranean basin, Svalbard Islands, west coast of Australia, Finnish Coast). Then, the session will focus specifically on sea level rise projections provided by climate models (e.g. CMIP6) and on their uncertainties at global and regional scale (South Africa, Western European coasts).
We have two solicited talks: in the first one, Dr Tim Shaw will provide an overview of sea level changes in Singapore, since the early Holocene up to 21st century projections. In the second one, Dr Sam Royston will address the impact of large-scale climate modes on coastal sea level variability.