Sentences with phrase «as coastal populations»

You could, of course, eat something from the ocean every day, such as coastal populations such as the Japanese do.

Projecting how population changes — per country and it's spatial distribution — is an additional uncertainty, particularly as coastal population grows differently to those areas further inland (Neumann et al. 2015).

Not exact matches

Statistics Canada cited the northern coastal community as the city with the greatest population decline in Canada.

As a coastal city, Vancouver just can't expand easily to accommodate population growth.

And the boom markets are the 15 or so cities with populations between 4 million and 10 million — notably coastal metropolises such as Wenzhou and Quanzhou.

Major coastal cities typical for job migration are close behind as leaders in the industry, but their success may be due more to a large population and generally successful diversified economy.

The study, published today in the online journal PeerJ, will be available to federal and state wildlife agencies for their consideration to determine whether distinct geographic population segments of the coastal marten warrant state or federal listing as threatened or endangered, said Katie Moriarty, a certified wildlife biologist and lead co-author on the study.

Sustaining fresh water and energy resources; mitigating the effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, severe weather, landslides, coastal erosion, and solar flares; and dealing with the consequences of global warming and sea - level rise are issues that affect all populations, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or cultural traditions.

Yet, as of 2010, 39 percent of the U.S. population lived in coastal areas that feature greater risks of hurricane, floods and earthquakes.

Malin Pinsky, an ecologist at Rutgers University who studies population dynamics of coastal marine species and who was not involved in the research, described the study as significant because of its unusually large scope, as well as its focus on different fish life stages.

They can for example examine how different populations — such as skrei, Norwegian coastal cod and Baltic Sea cod — compare.

In a paper published recently in the journal PLOS ONE, a team of researchers from several Western institutes estimated the number of people living in low - elevation coastal zones, as well as the scale of the population at risk from one - in -100-year storm surge events, by using scenario - based projections.

12: Indigenous Peoples for examples of health impacts on vulnerable populations) and of place (floodplains, coastal zones, and urban areas), as well as the resilience of critical public health infrastructure.

Scott has recently taken up an adjunct research position at the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University where he is currently: (i) investigating the importance of enhanced larval survival and strong «local» reef interconnectedness as a triggering agent for primary outbreaks of crown ‐ of ‐ thorns starfish on the central GBR, and (ii) assessing potential improvements in the health of coastal seagrass and dependent dugong populations due to targeted reductions in fine sediment loads from the GBR catchment.

Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, however, have devastating consequences when they hit land due to a combination of factors such as a low - lying and flat coastal terrain, a shallow ocean floor, and a high population density of surrounding countries.

They help protect areas such as mangrove forests and seagrass beds that act as nurseries for marine animals, as well as human coastal populations.

But talking about a major hurricane drought comes with some caveats, particularly as the U.S. coastal population grows and more people who have never experienced a hurricane in any form move to coastal areas.

Living in first world coastal population centers will inevitably do it as well.

The Pacific coast population of the snowy plover is defined as those individuals that nest adjacent to tidal waters of the Pacific Ocean, and includes all nesting birds on the mainland coast, peninsulas, offshore islands, adjacent bays, estuaries, and coastal rivers (USDI Fish and Wildlife Service 2004).

[76] Reintroduction of sea otters to British Columbia has led to a dramatic improvement in the health of coastal ecosystems, [77] and similar changes have been observed as sea otter populations recovered in the Aleutian and Commander Islands and the Big Sur coast of California [65] However, some kelp forest ecosystems in California have also thrived without sea otters, with sea urchin populations apparently controlled by other factors.

Reintroduction of sea otters to British Columbia has led to a dramatic improvement in the health of coastal ecosystems, [143] and similar changes have been observed as sea otter populations recovered in the Aleutian and Commander Islands and the Big Sur coast of California [144] However, some kelp forest ecosystems in California have also thrived without sea otters, with sea urchin populations apparently controlled by other factors.

Like much of Jennifer Odem's work, the installation is related to water, the lifeline and threat to the peoples of coastal Louisiana, as well as to populations of the entire Gulf shorelines and river deltas.

But there are vast volumes of studies concluding that rising concentrations of greenhouse gases are already influencing the climate and will continue to raise the odds of fiercer floods, drier droughts and other disruptive changes, including a quickening pace of coastal retreats (and all as human populations soar in some of the world's most vulnerable places).

As far as coastal areas are concerned, the pressure from increasing population is dangerous to the marine life, no doubt, and sewage is a big probleAs far as coastal areas are concerned, the pressure from increasing population is dangerous to the marine life, no doubt, and sewage is a big probleas coastal areas are concerned, the pressure from increasing population is dangerous to the marine life, no doubt, and sewage is a big problem.

it will rapidly converge to sustainability with Geothermal drilling technologies, ultra clean coastal waters, zero population growth and women learning to have equal rights without consuming twice as much of the Earth's resources as men.

Under the worst case scenario, as to this blowout, is there a risk that certain coastal areas will become uninhabitable or that certain aspects of the food and wildlife chains will be seriously impaired or pose a danger to the human population?

Similar population declines took place across coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, bringing the total displaced population count, as of July 2006, to 375,000 residents because of destruction from Katrina.

For years, there's been a building chorus of warnings on the looming prospect of «climate conflict» and «global warring» that might be set off as greenhouse - driven warming disrupts longstanding weather patterns in already - turbulent parts of the world (think sub-Saharan Africa) or rising seas dislocate coastal populations (think Bangladesh).

Think about feeding a population of 9 billion as formerly productive regions become too hot and dry for large scale agriculture, populations have to relocate, sea level causes very large coastal populations to move inland quicker than new high rise housing can be built (but the land is needed for crops) and so on.

essay, storm surges from hurricanes and other tropical cyclones have always been a serious problem for coastal - dwellers, and as populations increase, the problem will only become greater in the future.

12: Indigenous Peoples for examples of health impacts on vulnerable populations) and of place (floodplains, coastal zones, and urban areas), as well as the resilience of critical public health infrastructure.

Alexandria is found to require climate - smart urban planning to ensure its growing population does not settle in low - lying coastal areas, as well as early warning systems for natural disasters.

Speaking as one who lives here, the answer is that things will have to get a lot less comfortable for the coastal rim population before they budge.

Specific populations, such as those less economically developed or in lower - lying regions will be at a very high risk of impact and hundreds of millions of people will potentially be adversely affected by events like coastal flooding, saltwater infiltration into agricultural lands, and sea level rise.

Thus, through the foreseeable future (very optimistically 2085), other factors will continue to outweigh climate change with respect to human welfare as characterized by (a) mortality for hunger, malaria and coastal flooding, and (b) population at risk for waters stress.

The most susceptible populations in these areas were in areas with high levels of poverty, and where large populations had clustered on marginal land such as flood plains or coastal regions in cyclone - prone areas.

Our coastal correction factors (a, b) were applied additionally to the derived rates to account for the assumptions that coastal population growth is higher than national population growth in general and that there is urban expansion from 2000 to 2060 into what has been categorised as non-urban areas in the year 2000.

The population projections for the LECZ and the coastal flood plain are, to our knowledge, the only quantitative global estimates that account for (i) the faster growth of coastal regions in comparison to the landlocked hinterland and (ii) differential population growth of coastal urban areas as opposed to coastal non-urban areas.

The move was seen as a necessary countermeasure to widespread coastal loss and degradation, which had already resulted in over 90 percent of the state's wetlands being lost and in large fisheries population declines, among other harmful consequences.

Ocean acidification, caused by absorbtion of Carbon Dioxide, will decimate seafood supply, affecting coastal community economies as well as diminishing overall food supplies for the growing population, which we are already seeing the effects of.

The fate of the ice sheets has a direct impact on populations worldwide: as the land - based ice melts, it raises sea level, and that can threaten coastal communities and economies.

Floating wind power is fast taking shape as a mainstream energy source, with analysts upgrading their expectations of market - size — though still far short of Statoil's forecasts — from early estimates of 3.5 GW by 2030 to around 5GW, led by the geographic fact that 60 - 80 % of world's offshore wind resource is in water too deep for bottom - fixed turbines, and the societal reality that ever - vaster populations are going to be inhabiting coastal mega-cities.

As more and more coastal cities face growing challenges ranging from rising sea levels to population density problems, more and more urban planners are switching to building unconventional means as a solutioAs more and more coastal cities face growing challenges ranging from rising sea levels to population density problems, more and more urban planners are switching to building unconventional means as a solutioas a solution.

Census Bureau estimates since then have indicated Hartford's subsequent fall to fourth place statewide as a result of sustained population growth in the coastal city of Stamford.

With over 98 % of Florida's population living in a coastal county as of 2015, the risk is high for property losses.