Robert J. Nicholls

University of East Anglia — United Kingdom

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

103h-index50.6kcitations880works5.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Coastal and Marine Dynamics(286), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research(186), Flood Risk Assessment and Management(171), Coastal and Marine Management(160), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics(125)

Publications880 total

Non-stationary extreme value analysis of global storm surge and wave heights
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
2025· 2 cited
A National Assessment of Natural Flood Management and Its Contribution to Fluvial Flood Risk Reduction
Journal of Flood Risk Management·2025Open Access
The need for systemic, place-based risk assessments to support short and longer-term climate change adaptation
2025Open Access
Growing compound-flood risk, driven by both climate change and land subsidence, challenges flood risk reduction in major delta cities
One Earth·2025
Climate change threatens coastal heritage worldwide
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A 7000-year record of human influence on Global River Deltas: Geomorphology, stratigraphy, the Anthropocene overprint and future
Earth-Science Reviews·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Climate Change Adaptation in the Port Industry: Evaluating Evidence of Implemented Adaptation Using a National Adaptation Inventory
Earth s Future·2025Open Access
Managing development choices is essential to reduce coastal flood risk in China
Nature Climate Change·2025Open Access
Development policy affects coastal flood exposure in China more than sea-level rise
Nature Climate Change·2025Open Access
Pathways for adaptation of Venice and its lagoon to sea-level rise
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Faulty science and faulty statistics can't stop sea level acceleration: An expression of concern regarding Voortman, H. G., & De Vos, R. (2025). A Global Perspective on Local Sea Level Changes. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13(9), 1641.
2025Open Access
Mapping the world's coast: a global 100-m coastal typology derived from satellite data using deep learning
2025Open Access
A geospatial database of coastal characteristics for erosion assessment of Europe’s coastal floodplains
2025Open Access
A systems perspective for climate adaptation in deltas
Nature Climate Change·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Structural accommodation as a coastal adaptation response to sea-level rise: lessons from Europe
2025Open Access
Intermittent estuaries deserve global attention as vulnerable and vital ecosystems
Communications Earth & Environment·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
The economically optimal mix and timing of coastal adaptation in Europe to 2150
2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The Global Threat of Sinking Deltas
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Migration, land loss and costs to 2100 due to coastal flooding under the IPCC AR6 sea-level rise scenarios and plausible adaptation choices
Frontiers in Marine Science·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jochen Hinkel(12), Athanasios T. Vafeidis(8), Sally Brown(7), Daniël Lincke(6), Richard S.J. Tol(5), Richard J. T. Klein(5), Jason Lowe(4), Thomas Wahl(4), Ivan D. Haigh(4), Susan Hanson(3), Loraine McFadden(3), Martin L. Parry(3), Nigel W. Arnell(3), Sari Kovats(3), Stéphane Hallegatte(2), Jan Corfee-Morlot(2), Xavier Fettweis(2), Sachooda Ragoonaden(2), Colin D. Woodroffe(2), Mark Schuerch(2)