Sentences with phrase «addressing sea rise»

Similarly, companies that create cost - effective infrastructure projects that can assist cities and counties in addressing sea rise issues will become a valuable resource.

Not exact matches

The administration should focus on the real science of reducing our carbon output to address the challenges communities already face from sea - level rise, extreme storms, longer droughts, longer wildfire seasons, and other environmental disasters.

Sediment resources on the OCS are leased to local communities or federal agencies to help them restore shorelines or wetlands in an effort to address chronic erosion, sea level rise, impacts from major storms, or to protect valuable infrastructure and habitat.

KINGSTON — The City of Kingston Flooding Task Force, which was created to address waterfront flooding and sea level rise, continues to look at alternatives and suggestions to avoid flooding in the future.

And Dennis Herrera, San Francisco's city attorney, said the case is part of the municipality's long - term effort to address the costs of sea - level rise.

Efforts to address sea - level rise in other parts of the Atlantic coast were also discussed during the event.

A Florida Republican calls for action to address rising sea levels as a result of global warming

An open letter calls on Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to address the challenges posed by rising seas as a result of climate change

But there's also an element of denial, even on the part of the organizations that have been working to address global warming and sea - level rise in Florida.

That appears to be the first time that Curbelo talked publicly about addressing rising seas and other climate impacts since he took office in January after defeating Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia by 3 percentage points.

Jumeau said he thinks signing a global climate change accord that keeps countries like his safe from the threat of rising seas and addresses the resource depletion that military leaders say help foster extremism would do the same.

Scientists have developed a new method for revealing how sea levels might rise around the world throughout the 21st century to address the controversial topic of whether the rate of sea level rise is currently increasing.

«Policymakers in several countries, especially in coastal cities, are aware of the issue to some extent, but overall awareness on options to address sea - level rise is much [more] limited,» said Ancha Srinivasan, principal climate change specialist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines.

The draft report to be discussed over the coming months «is an important first step in developing a statewide framework to address the risks posed by sea level rise and coastal storms,» said Adam Freed, who serves as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's deputy sustainability director.

None of the options for addressing the rising risks is ideal, said Terry Gaasterland, chair of the Sea Level Rise Committee.

It finds that many of the major resilience policies, plans and projects under development fall short of addressing the long - term, existential threat of permanent flooding from sea - level rise.

No single entity is capable of addressing the vast needs for improved climate services in these nations: for everything from projections of future sea - level rise that help planners identify places to build and develop that are out of harm's way, to maps that overlay population, infrastructure, and climate data to help decision makers target resources to areas of greatest vulnerability.

Incorporate into MPA management plans specific adaptation strategies and actions to address climate - change threats (ocean acidification and warming and sea - level rise), including monitoring of their effectiveness.

At a post-Irma summit in South Florida, officials said the key to preparing the region for future storms goes beyond dealing with sea level rise — it requires addressing chronic issues like low wages, aging infrastructure, and high housing costs.

If we thus want to know whether Harvey is a «harbinger» for the future of Houston, the attribution question addressing the overall likelihood of a hurricane like Harvey to occur, which includes many variables other than temperature and sea level rise that interact, needs to be answered by carefully estimating the likelihood of such hurricanes developing in a warming world as well as how much rain they bring.

To compensate partially for my participation in the hijacking of this thread, I point to how Rhode Island's coastal zone management (CZM) agency, the RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is addressing current and future sea - level rise (SLR).

Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona, and recipient of the shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a Coordinating Lead Author for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment, will address the trend of droughts in the west and the vulnerability of coastal communities as they face sea level rise coupled with increasing storm intensities.

The way humans mistreat water has dominated headlines and become mission critical to address: the melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels, the poisoned tap water in Flint, Michigan — and the threat the Dakota Access Pipeline poses to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

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Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona, and recipient of the shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a Coordinating Lead Author for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment, will address the trend of droughts in the west and the vulnerability of coastal communities as they face sea level rise coupled with increasing storm intensities.

Then, this article only addresses sea level rise from Greenland.

The issues relating to sea level rise and the global water budget can only be addressed when the record of satellite gravity measurement from GRACE achieves adequate duration.

The question I hope the appropriate scientific community is addressing is why is sea level rising 50 % faster than the modeling projected?

As the planet warms and storms, flooding, drought, heat waves, and sea level rise intensify, it is essential that students entering the profession have the knowledge and design skills necessary to address and mitigate the effects of climate change.

The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact is a bipartisan initiative where local governments from four major counties — with a combined population of 5.6 million — are developing and implementing comprehensive measures to address climate impacts like sea - level rise.

(My impression is that Curry's recent Congressional statement regarding sea level rise is probably inaccuarate and dismissible but I don't think she addressed OHC specifically).

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently hosted an exhibition about the science of surfing that addressed the effects of sea level rise and coastal erosion on catching a wave.

The floating islands address a particularly pressing need for French Polynesia — the narrow islands» proximity to sea level makes them vulnerable to sea level rise over the next century.

They have no idea if the sea level rise projection they were asked to address makes sense or not.

In 2011 the State of the Beach report therefore focused on re-defining the Erosion Response indicator to more completely address coastal climate change adaptation, specifically concentrating on the response of coastal areas to sea level rise.

And in many locations, even if were somehow successful at reducing / eliminating the component of sea level rise associated with anthropogenic global warming, this would address only a small fraction of local sea level rise in many of the most vulnerable locations.

I came across this essay today by Joel Kotkin on Houston and Hurricane Harvey, that isn't directly related to sea level rise, but is an excellent argument for urban planners to build resilience to address future climate change and weather disasters.

Substantial sea level rise that happens quickly, or over a year, is difficult and costly to address.

Would you consider adding a chapter addressing the likely efficacy of various policies that have been proposed to prevent / reduce sea level rise caused by man made climate change?

Strategy 4: Support Local Planning for Addressing Sea - Level Rise Impacts by 2011, all coastal jurisdictions should begin development of amended Local Coastal Programs and general plans that include climate change impacts.

These include claiming that addressing climate change will keep the poor in «energy poverty»; citing the global warming «hiatus» or «pause» to dismiss concerns about climate change; pointing to changes in the climate hundreds or thousands of years ago to deny that the current warming is caused by humans; alleging that unmitigated climate change will be a good thing; disputing that climate change is accelerating sea level rise; and denying that climate change is making weather disasters more costly.

The article also does a good job of addressing overblown fears of incresed storm activity and sea level rise, and even mentions that global warming will likely be a mixed bag, so while some people will be hurt, some will also benefit.

Thanks to sea level rise and storms, coastal landfills are eroding everywhere creating challenges for waste managers even in places where waste management has been reasonably well - addressed.

From Florida to Minnesota, and from Alaska to New York, Federal agencies have partnered with communities to provide funding and technical assistance to address local climate impacts such as sea level rise, flooding, and water scarcity.

Whether or not we agree that humans have changed the climate, farmers will plant the crops they need to stay in business, and leaders in coastal cities will make real changes to address rising sea levels.

The point I'm making is that, with LIMITED RESOURCES, to address the situation, we need to evaluate how many go into reducing Greenhouse Gases and how much goes into engineering and relocation projects to handle rising sea levels, changing weather patterns, and the many natural disasters that can result from each.

The second project addresses sea level rise and coastal erosion through innovative research that will help protect Eastern Long Island's coastline.

This question must be asked, because the current administration has proposed cutting the budget of the National Weather Service and other agencies that study and forecast weather and climate disasters and has rescinded regulations designed to address rising sea levels when constructing infrastructure.

When pressed by panelists on how much sea - level rise the area will confront in the future, Rear Admiral John White explained that we can prevent the worst consequences if we address the root of climate change and «stop putting CO2 in the atmosphere.»

The declaration, by a number of island nations most affected by rising sea levels, called for immediate action to address the impacts of climate change.