Rising sea level is potentially the most immediate threat climate change poses to California and its largely populated coast.  These resources and reports highlight expectation, provide models, and tell the impacts of a changing California sea level.

1. California Coastal Management with a Changing Climate

2. No Day at the Beach: Sea Level Rise, Ecosystem Loss, and Public Access Along the California Coast

3. More than Information: What California's Coastal Managers Need to Plan for Climate Change

4. Delta Risk Management Strategy: Phase 1 Draft Technical Memorandum - Climate Change

5. Maps Showing Coastal Flood and Erosion Hazard Areas: The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast

6. Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Ocean Climate Initiative

7. Maps Showing Coastal Vulnerability Index (Low-Very High) for Pacific Coast - National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: Preliminary Results for the U.S. Pacific Coast    

8. California Ocean Protection Council Adopted Sea Level Rise Resolution

9. San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Factors Future Sea Level Rise into Coordinated, Watershed-Level Flood Protection 

10. California Ocean Protection Council Adopted Sea Level Rise Guidance Document

11. Addressing Sea Level Rise for the Treasure Island Development Project

Published: Saturday, December 17, 2011