Climate Change Impacts on Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Coastal Processes
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Coastal Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2026 | Viewed by 9
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Interests: science of collaboration; marine science; coastal morphodynamics; coastal resilience
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Dear Colleagues,
The hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes that govern the stability, change, and vulnerability of coastal seas, lands, and human habitats are being impacted by climate change, and more severe impacts are predicted in the future. Rising sea surface temperatures are causing the size, intensity, and rapidity of development of tropical cyclones to increase. The rapid intensification and large size of many recent storms were the result of hot sea surface temperatures. Bleaching coral reefs, melting arctic sea ice and coastal permafrost, weakening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), and the increasing severity of coastal river floods are among the many impacts on coastal processes that must be better understood to improve the resilience of coasts. These events are superimposed on progressive rises in the relative sea level and are anticipated to push many coastal morphodynamic systems to dangerous tipping points. For this Special Issue, we invite contributions based on observational or numerically modelled research, as well as review papers, regional case studies, and global projections. Papers on global or regionally specific engineering or nature-based adaptations are encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Lynn Donelson Wright
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coastal resilience
- coastal erosion
- tropical cyclones
- sea surface temperature
- coastal currents
- coral bleaching
- coastal modelling
- nature-based coastal protection
- engineered coastal protections
- hazard forecasting
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