Feature article
Samoa keeps a wary eye on the sea
Average maximum hourly sea level relative to mean sea level for Apia.
Much of the population of Samoa lives on low lying coastal areas, and is vulnerable to extreme high tides, storm surges, and other coastal hazards.
A Climate Risk Profile (CRP, see reference) prepared for Samoa in 2007 describes a number of present and future climate risks to Samoa, among which are:
an observed average sea level rise of 5.2 mm/year, and
an observed average maximum hourly sea level rising ata rate of 8.2 mm/year.
The adjacent figure, taken from the CRP report, shows avera