Sea Level Rise papers from The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendix B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052, as well as the Sea Level Rise chapter from the main report.
All files in the following List of Chapters are available for viewing or download in Adobe Acrobat 4.0 (pdf) format; the required Reader is available from Adobe Systems 
at no cost.
For additional reports focused on the implications of rising sea level, go to the Global Warming Site's Sea Level Rise Reports section.
List of Reports
"Sea Level Rise" by James G. Titus. Chapter 7 of The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052. 1989. (267.8 kb pdf)
"The Effects of Sea Level Rise on U.S. Coastal Wetlands" by Richard A. Park, Manjit S. Trehan, Paul W. Mausel, and Robert C. Howe. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendic B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052. (2 MB pdf)
"National Assessment of Beach Nourishment Requirements Associated with Accelerated Sea Level Rise" by Stephen P. Leatherman. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendic B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052.(1.3 MB pdf)
"The Cost of Defending Developed Shorelines Along Sheltered Water of the United States from a Two Meter Rise in Mean Sea Level" by J. Richard Weggel, Scott Brown, Juan Carlos Escajadillo, Patrick Breen, and Edward L. Doheny. The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendic B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052. (3.9 MB pdf)
"The Cost of Not Holding Back the Sea: Phase 1 Economic Vulnerability". By Gary Yohe. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendic B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052. (3 MB pdf).
"An Overview of the Nationwide Impacts of Sea Level Rise". By James G. Titus and Michael S. Greene. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report to Congress. Appendic B: Sea Level Rise. 1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 230-05-89-052. (840.6 kb pdf).
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