SPP "Regional Sea Level Change and Society"

Sea level rise globally and regionally

How will sea level rise in the future? Which strategies can be used to respond regionally to these changes?

The Programm "Sea Level" (Regional Sea Level Change and Society) will now explore these effects in two regions: Germany and the Southeast Asian region, with its diverse megacities and river deltas. Both regions differ significantly in technical, social, economic, political and cultural terms, so the analysis of the data will cover a wide range of potential scenarios worldwide.

The project is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) since 2016 with a total duration of 6 years. In general, SeaLevel consists of 20 projects from 23 German research institutions, bringing together over 80 scientists from a wide range of disciplines, such as physical oceanography, geophysics, geodesy, hydrology, marine geology, coastal engineering, geography, sociology, economics and environmental management. SeaLevel is coordinated by CEN.

Project homepage SeaLevel (Englisch)

Press release project start (März 2015, German)