Fig. 6: Impact of Caspian Sea level decline on human civil and industrial infrastructure and activity. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 6: Impact of Caspian Sea level decline on human civil and industrial infrastructure and activity.

From: Rapid decline of Caspian Sea level threatens ecosystem integrity, biodiversity protection, and human infrastructure

Fig. 6

a Map showing locations of coastal settlements, industrial infrastructure and commercial fishing activity relative to sea level decline scenarios; b Bar chart summarising mean increase in distance to coast for settlements relative to the −27.5 m datum (error bars show standard deviation; values for individual settlements can be found in Supplementary Tables 9, 10), in different Caspian coastal regions; c Map showing shipping density and port locations relative to decline scenarios; d Plot showing increase in distance to coast relative to the −27.5 m datum for ports.

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