Local variations in land movement can double the short-term impacts of sea-level rise, or slow the effects to nothing. Eloise Gibson, a recipient of the Aotearoa New Zealand Science Journalism Fund, spoke to Richard Levy, Nick Gollage and Ian Hamling. All scientists involved in NZ Searise.
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New Zealand's terrain is so dynamic that it is moving up in some places and down in others as we speak, says Richard Levy, a senior scientist at GNS Science and the leader of the NZ SeaRise programme. In some places, the coastline is rising enough that it virtually cancels global sea-level rise, at least in the short term. In other places, it is falling enough to double the rate, or worse.
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