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Global climate change is expected to cause sea-level rise of approximately 1-2 meters within this century and studies are beginning to project the consequences for humans and global biodiversity.
While the direct consequences of sea-level rise due to flooding and inundation (‘primary effects’) are beginning to be assessed, no studies have yet considered the possible secondary effects from sea-level rise on habitat availability and the distribution of mammals, due to the relocation of human refugees into the hinterland — the land behind a coast or the shoreline of a river…
