Limits and perspectives to assessing morphological resilience in the Wadden Sea
The world heritage site Wadden Sea on the Northwestern European continental shelf is the world’s largest coherent channel-shoal environment. It hosts numerous unique ecosystems and serves as natural coastal protection for the mainland. As one of the world’s most frequently monitored coasts, its morphological evolution under relative sea level rise (SLR, includes vertical land movement) was studied intensely and can be considered as benchmark for the adaptation of other tidal flat and marsh areas 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 .
Authors
- Christian Winter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8043-2131)
- Jannek Gundlach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2346-4038)
- Zheng Bing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-4530)
- D.S. van Maren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5820-3212)
- Jessica Kelln (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-8438)
- Marvin Lorenz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9853-7775)
- Robert Lepper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8446-2004)
- Frank Kösters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2302-5601)
- Edwin Elias
- Diego Pineda Leiva
- Marthe Wassink
Institutions
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
- Deltares (NL)
- Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (DE)
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03904-2
- Primary Topic
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau