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Sea Level Rise Damages on Ecosystem QualityA Life Cycle Impact Pathway Nele Teutloff (8982638) Martin Dorber (4811949) Peter K. R. Holzapfel (25121344) Matthias Finkbeiner (1821070) Alexis Laurent (296014) Medicine Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Ecology Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Inorganic Chemistry Plant Biology second (∼ 30 potentially disappeared fraction new globally differentiated links greenhouse gas life cycle assessment highest extinction risks five terrestrial taxa ecosystem quality  developed impact pathway better capture impacts across many islands 244 different ghgs coastal ecoregions worldwide coastal elevation vascular plants surface temperatures spatial resolution spatial analysis southeast asia sea level results shows reptiles face recommend integrating rarely integrated lca framework indirect mechanisms direct increase corrected referencing central america areas flooded 1 arc Climate change causes species extinction not only by the direct increase in surface temperatures but also by indirect mechanisms, like sea level rise (SLR). These indirect mechanisms are rarely integrated into environmental impact assessment methods, such as life cycle assessment (LCA). In this study, we address this gap by outlining a new impact pathway within the life cycle impact assessment framework that links greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to ecosystem damages via climate change-induced SLR for 244 different GHGs. We use the latest global digital terrain model with corrected referencing between sea level and coastal elevation for a new globally differentiated and open-source flood model predicting the areas flooded by SLR with a spatial resolution of 1 arc-second (∼30 m). The effects on ecosystems are quantified by computing the potentially disappeared fraction of species caused by flooding in coastal ecoregions worldwide for five terrestrial taxa. A spatial analysis of the results shows that vascular plants and reptiles face the highest extinction risks from SLR, with regional hot spots identified in Central America and across many islands of Southeast Asia. We recommend integrating the developed impact pathway into the LCA framework to better capture impacts to species-rich and particularly vulnerable coastal ecoregions. 2026-09-28T00:00:00Z Dataset Dataset 10.1021/acs.est.6c04798.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Sea_Level_Rise_Damages_on_Ecosystem_Quality_A_Life_Cycle_Impact_Pathway/34012534 CC BY-NC 4.0