Special Issues

We proposed two special issues to international journals to invite contributions related to the project goals from the broader scientific community.
  • ​​Title: WALIS – the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines
    Editors: Alessio Rovere, Deirdre Ryan, Colin V. Murray-Wallace, Matteo Vacchi, Alexander Simms, and Andrea Dutton
    Journal: Earth System Science Data
    Articles published: 20 ​​
  • Title: Coastal geological proxies and models in Pliocene to Pleistocene interglacials: state-of-the-art and future perspectives
    Editors: Ciro Cerrone, Denovan Chauveau, Karla Rubio Sandoval, Nikos Georgiou, Kathrine Maxwell, Silas Dean, Deirdre Ryan, and Alessio Rovere
    Journal: Climate of the Past
    Status: ongoing
WARMCOAST authors are underlined

Workpackage 1 (Global database)

  1. Rovere, A., Ryan, D.D., Vacchi, M, Dutton, A., Simms, A.R., Murray-Wallace, C.V. (2023). The World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (version 1.0)  Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 1–23 LINK
  2. Ryan, D.D., Clement, A.J.H., Jankowski, N.R., Stocchi, P. (2021). The last interglacial sea-level record of Aotearoa New Zealand. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 13, 3399–3437 LINK
  3. Boyden, P., Weil-Accardo, J., Deschamps, P., Oppo, D., Rovere, A. (2021). Last interglacial sea-level proxies in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 13, 1633–1651 LINK
  4. Cerrone, C., Vacchi, M., Fontana, A., Rovere, A. (2021). Last Interglacial sea-level proxies in the Western Mediterranean. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2021, 1–93 LINK
  5. Rubio-Sandoval, K., Rovere, A., Cerrone, C., Stocchi, P., Lorscheid, T., Felis, T., Petersen, A.-K., Ryan, D.D. (2021). A review of Last Interglacial sea-level proxies in the Western Atlantic and Southwestern Caribbean, from Brazil to Honduras. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2021, 1–41 LINK
  6. Maxwell, K., Westphal, H., Rovere, A. (2021). A standardized database of Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level indicators in Southeast Asia. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 13, 4313–4329 LINK
  7. Gowan, E., Rovere, A., Ryan, D., Richiano, S., Montes, A., Pappalardo, M., Aguirre, M. (2021). Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level proxies in southeastern South America. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 13, 171–197 LINK 
  8. Garzón, S., & Rovere, A. (2024). Walis dashboard: An online tool to explore a global paleo sea-level database. Open Research Europe, 3(114) LINK
  9. ​Rubio-Sandoval, K., Shaw, T., Vacchi, M., Khan, N., Horton, B., Angulo, R., Pappalardo, M., Ferreira-Jùnior, A.L., Richiano, S., De Souza, M.C., Giannini, P.C., Ryan, D.D., Gowan, E.J., Rovere, A. (2025). Holocene relative sea-level changes from the Atlantic coast of South America. PREPRINT

Workpackage 2 (New field data)

  1. Boyden, P., Weil-Accardo, J., Deschamps, P., Godeau, N., Jaosedy, N., Guihou, A., Rajaonarivelo, M.N., O’Leary, M., Humblet, M., Rovere, A., 2022. Revisiting Battistini: Pleistocene Coastal Evolution of Southwestern Madagascar. Open Quaternary, 8(1) LINK
  2. Ryan, D., Starnini, E., Serradimigni, M., Rossoni-Notter, E., Notter, O., Zerboni, A., Negrino, F., Grimaldi, S., Vacchi, M., Ragaini, L., Rovere, A., Perego, A., Muttoni, G., Santaniello, F., Moussous, A., & Pappalardo, M. (2024). A geoarchaeological review of balzi rossi, Italy: A crossroad of palaeolithic populations in the northwest mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 327, 108515 LINK
  3. Weil-Accardo, J., Boyden, P., Rovere, A., Godeau, N., Jaosedy, N., Guihou, A., Humblet, M., Rajaonarivelo, M., Austermann, J., & De- schamps, P. (2023). New datings and elevations of a fossil reef in Lembetabe, southwest Madagascar: Eustatic and tectonic implications. Quaternary Science Reviews, 313, 108197 LINK
  4. Rovere, A., Pappalardo, M., Richiano, S., Ryan, D.D., Rubio-Sandoval, K., Ruiz, P.M., Montes, A., Gowan, E.J., 2025. Reconstructing past sea-level changes from storm-built beach ridges. Geomorphology 476, 109659 LINK
  5. Rubio-Sandoval, K., Ryan, D.D., Richiano, S., Giachetti, L.M., Hollyday, A., Bright, J., Gowan, E.J., Pappalardo, M., Austermann, J., Kaufman, D.S., Rovere, A., 2024. Quaternary and Pliocene sea-level changes at Camarones, central Patagonia, Argentina. Quaternary Science Reviews 345, 108999 LINK
  6. Dean, S., Georgiou, N., Poirier, R., Doar III, W.R., Brill, D., Chauveau, D., Cerrone, C., Austermann, J., Rovere, A., Last Interglacial relative sea-level changes at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Under review for Quaternary Science Reviews.

Workpackage 3 (global mean sea level)

  1. Gilford, D.M., Ashe, E.L., DeConto, R.M., Kopp, R.E., Pollard, D., Rovere, A. (2020). Could the Last Interglacial Constrain Projections of Future Antarctic Ice Mass Loss and Sea-level Rise? Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface e2019JF005418 LINK
  2. Dyer, B., Austermann, J., D’Andrea, W.J., Creel, R.C., Sandstrom, M.R., Cashman, M., Rovere, A., Raymo, M.E., (2021). Sea-level trends across the Bahamas constrain peak last interglacial ice melt. PNAS, 118, 1–11 LINK
  3. Hollyday, A., Austermann, J., Lloyd, A., Hoggard, M., Richards, F., & Rovere, A. (2023). A revised estimate of early pliocene global mean sea level using geodynamic models of the patagonian slab window. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24(2), e2022GC010648 LINK
  4. Hollyday, A., Raymo, M. E., Austermann, J., Richards, F., Hoggard, M., and Rovere, A.: Pliocene shorelines and the epeirogenic motion of continental margins: a target dataset for dynamic topography models, Earth Surf. Dynam., 12, 883–905 LINK
  5. Rovere, A., Pico, T., Richards, F., O’Leary, M. J., Mitrovica, J. X., Goodwin, I. D., Austermann, J., & Latychev, K. (2023). Influence of reef isostasy, dynamic topography, and glacial isostatic adjustment on sea-level records in Northeastern Australia. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 328 LINK
  6. Kageyama, M., Braconnot, P., Chiessi, C.M., Rehfeld, K., Ait Brahim, Y., Dütsch, M., Gwinneth, B., Hou, A., Loutre, M.-F., Hendrizan, M., Meissner, K., Mongwe, P., Otto-Bliesner, B., Pezzi, L.P., Rovere, A., Seltzer, A., Sime, L., Zhu, J., 2024. Lessons from paleoclimates for recent and future climate change: opportunities and insights. Front. Clim. 6, 1511997 LINK

Workpackage 4 (SEA LEVEL OSCILLATIONS)

  1. Chauveau, D., Georgiou, N., Cerrone, C., Dean, S., & Rovere, A. (2024). Sea-level oscillations within the Last Interglacial: insights from coral reef stratigraphic forward modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, 336, 108759 LINK
  2. Georgiou, N., Stocchi, P., Casella, E., & Rovere, A. (2024). Decoding the interplay between tidal notch geometry and sea-level variability during the last interglacial (marine isotope stage 5e) high stand. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(6), e2023GL106829 LINK
  3. Boyden, P., Stocchi, P., & Rovere, A. (2023). Refining patterns of melt with forward stratigraphic models of stable pleistocene coastlines. Earth Surface Dynamics, 11(5), 917–931 LINK
  4. De Santis, V., Cerrone, C., Meschis, M., Scicchitano, G., Ascione, A., Caldara, M., 2025. Reoccupation of late Quaternary relative sea level indicators in a tectonically quasi-stable coastal area in Southern Italy (Cilento headland): Insights into the Last Interglacial stillstands. Geomorphology 478, 109692 LINK
  5. Georgiou, N., Simms, A., Creel, R. C., Dean, S., Chauveau, D., Cerrone, C., Caporizzo, C., Rovere, A. (2025). The Apalachicola Barrier Island complex: a benchmark for MIS 5e (125 ka) sea-level oscillations? PREPRINT
  6. Chauveau, D., Boyden P.T., Desfromont, F., Scardino, G., Scicchitano, G., Mijts, E., Dean, S., Cerrone, C., Rovere, A. Unravelling the spatial variability of fossil coral reef morphology on Aruba and the implications for paleo sea level estimates. PREPRINT

Workpackage 5 (Extreme waves)

  1. Carlot, J., Vousdoukas, M., Rovere, A., Karambas, T., Lenihan, H.S., Kayal, M., Adjeroud, M., Pérez-Rosales, G., Hedouin, L., Parravicini, V. (2023). Coral reef structural complexity loss exposes coastlines to waves. Scientific Reports, vol. 13, pp. 1683 LINK
  2. Scussolini, P; Dullaart, J; Muis, S; Rovere, A; Bakker, P; Coumou, D; Renssen, H; Ward, PJ; Aerts, JCJH. (2023) Modeled storm surge changes in a warmer world: the Last Interglacial. Climate of the Past, vol. 19, pp. 141-157 LINK
  3. Rovere, A., Scicchitano, G., Casella, E., Scardino, G., Barile, C., Vieira, G., Nandasena, A.N., Ryan D.D., Scussolini, P.,  Ramalho, R. S. (2025). Paleo extreme waves in the North Atlantic: geological evidence from Sal Island, Cape Verde Archipelago. PREPRINT
  4. Boyden, P., Li, D., Bejarano, S., Mueller, B., Wild, C., Mijts, E., Scicchitano, G., Scardino, G., Chauveau, D., Merkel, U., El-Khaled, Y.C., Stocchi, P., Vermeij, M., Rovere, A. (2025). Paleoecology indicates wave climate as key factor in coral reef development. PREPRINT
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