Maritime boundaries in a rising sea

Authors

Katherine J. Houghton, Kiel University
Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Kiel University
Barbara Neumann, Kiel UniversityFollow
Alexander Proelss, Trier University

RIS ID

100829

Publication Details

K. J. Houghton, A. T. Vafeidis, B. Neumann and A. Proelss, 'Maritime boundaries in a rising sea' (2010) 3 (12) Nature Geoscience 813-816.

Abstract

Sea-level rise is progressively changing coastlines. The legal implications for the seaward boundaries between neighbouring coastal states are neither straightforward nor foreseeable.