The goal of the post is to contribute to improved scenarios of sea - level rise, which is an important aspect of climate change, with large coastal impacts. (judithcurry.com)
«Predicting the shape of river deltas: New method may help engineers determine coastal impact of dams and levees.» (sciencedaily.com)
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on coastal impacts from hurricanes have run fresh simulations of the possible storm surge as Hurricane Irene hits the New York metropolitan region. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)