Sentences with phrase «affected by sea»

The model was run to test how Kansas might be affected by sea ice loss by itself — that is, without assuming any additional greenhouse warming and without any temperature increases to the oceans.

What that means in terms of human impact is at minimum 10 % of the world's population will be directly affected by sea level rise.

However, it is intimately tied to the WAM circulation, which in turn is affected by sea surface temperatures (SSTs), particularly antisymmetric patterns between the Hemispheres.

Hampton Roads is the second-most affected by sea - level rise in the nation, and has the second - largest population center at risk from sea - level rise.

The Climate Ready Boston report recommended the installation of a seven - foot - high deployable wall for the East Boston Greenway, which experiences regular nuisance flooding already, and is projected to be significantly affected by sea level rise in the coming decades.

Coastal habitats, such as those critical for breeding Mangrove Hummingbirds in Costa Rica, may be affected by sea level rise.

Coastal areas will be affected by sea level rise, with poorer countries with little adaptive capacity suffering the worst of it.

In September 2016, The Guardian reported first - hand accounts of Marshall Islands residents who had been directly affected by sea level changes.

PM Ardern stated that 44,000 homes, 4 (or was it 5) airports and numerous other issues, were going to be affected by sea level rise.

One thing that is common to sea glaciers and ice shelves is that they are both affected by sea level rise.

The magnitude and spatial distribution of the high - latitude climate changes can be strongly affected by sea ice characteristics, but evaluation of sea ice in models is hampered by insufficient observations of some key variables (e.g., ice thickness)(see Section 4.4).

Similarly, Sandy and storm surge are affected by sea level rise but high tide is much more of an issue as is the angle it hit.

In California alone, some $ 40 billion of property and nearly 500,000 people could be affected by the sea level rise expected through mid-century, not including any additional boost from El Niño events.

But the responses from individual installations provide a «preliminary qualitative picture of assets currently affected by severe weather events as well as an indication of assets that may be affected by sea level rise in the future,» the report says.

«Caribou may be indirectly affected by sea - ice loss in the Arctic.»

Almost all of the world's coastlines will be affected by sea level rise.

Not exact matches

Scientific research has shown that both oxybenzone and octinoxate destroy coral by absorbing its nutrients, affecting coral - dependent marine life like sea urchins and algae.

Below is a brief overview of the different methods of shipping — by land, sea, and air — as well as some of the trends that have been affecting each mode of transport.

The canal at Key by the Sea was one of 17 in Marathon heavily affected by Irma.

Not to be affected by duration of time, not to be affected by volume of water, such is the great happiness of the eastern sea.

Following recommendations offered by CoopeTarrazú agronomists, Araya also prepared for a roya (coffee - leaf rust) attack, which has begun to affect once - immune altitude regions like Tarrazú — her farm is located at 5,250 f. (1,600 m) above sea level — due to global warming.

It will also be interesting to see whether «Manchester by the Sea» is adversely affected by the controversy surrounding star Casey Affleck.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

By validating model results against geological observations, the study indicates that changes in runoff, sea level and wave energy have profoundly affected the past evolution of the Great Barrier Reef not only in regard to reefs evolution but also sediment fate from source - to - sink.

This means they could spread microplastic pollution throughout the marine ecosystem, by carrying microplastics from the surface down to deeper waters, affecting deep - sea organisms.

In turn, giant kelp positively affected the sessile invertebrates — sponges and sea squirts — that live on the bottom but can often be outcompeted for space by algae.»

The data showed that although sea urchins negatively affected giant kelp by grazing on it, no direct link between kelp and other herbivores existed.

Using topographic data and sea level models, Franklin modelled the effect of this transition, showing how of a 400 - foot rise in sea level affected the Bahamas, reducing their land area by more than ten-fold.

Polar bears, the poster - child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year - to - year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding.

«We posited that giant kelp fed herbivores in the system and provided structure and habitat for predators, and that it was fed upon by sea urchins and affected the understory communities of algae and sessile invertebrates in the kelp forest,» said lead author Robert Miller, a research biologist in UCSB's Marine Science Institute (MSI).

It's not just whales that are affected by warming seas (see map).

The number of people affected by droughts could increase by a factor of seven and coastal damage, due to sea - level rise, could more than triple.

Beyond human activity, tropical sea surface temperatures further back in time are affected by volcanic eruptions, changes in the intensity of sunlight and natural events like El Niño.

The gathering will draw approximately 400 representatives from other Arctic nations and interested foreign observers, and will give Obama a platform to highlight how changes in the Arctic will affect the rest of the world by accelerating warming, contributing to sea - level rise and changing precipitation patterns at lower altitudes.

Developed with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) support at the University of Leeds by Dr Anna Kalogirou and Dr Vijaya Ambati with Professor Onno Bokhove, the new model produces unprecedentedly accurate animations and simulations that can show exactly how sea waves can affect fast ships.

Coastal communities are being affected by rising seas, drought - prone areas are arid for longer periods and, as our report shows, infectious agents are taking advantage of these more extreme weather patterns.

Other sea stars appear to have been less affected, if at all, based on surveys by other researchers, said Hewson.

No previous studies model how migration caused by sea - level rise will affect population other than in the directly affected coastal areas.

Previous scientific work suggested that sea star - associated densovirus (SSaDV) was the best candidate pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease (SSWD) among about two dozen species affected by it.

With both West and East Antarctica affected by the change in currents, in the future abrupt rises in sea level become more likely.

Arctic sea ice melt fueled by ever - rising global temperatures is also opening the already fragile region to increased shipping traffic and may be affecting weather patterns over Europe, Asia and North America.

This discovery is important because it demonstrates that the level of the Mediterranean Sea during the MSC dropped by more than a thousand metres, and that the end of the MSC coincided with a catastrophic flood that affected the entire Mediterranean Sea.

These findings remind us once again that the deep sea is directly affected by events at the ocean's surface, as well as human activities on land.

New way of measuring sea ice thickness could help assess how sea ice is affected by climate change

Ross began working with a team that included his adviser, Raymond Najjar, professor of oceanography, Penn State, to pinpoint the precise effects of sea - level rise by subtracting other forces that affect changes to the tidal range.

The finding suggests that sea life is already being affected by changes in the ocean's chemistry caused by rising carbon dioxide levels.

Sea lions are only one example of the species affected by a changing environment, but they also may be more vulnerable than more mobile whales, dolphins and porpoises, Barlow said.

The new research considers how all components that can influence extreme sea levels, including the mean sea level, tides, waves and storm surge, will be affected by climate change.

«It all depends on the geometry of the bay and the speed of waves, which we know are affected by rising sea levels.»

They spoke out at a recent meeting held with North Beach residents, those in the area likely to be affected soonest by sea - level rise and floods from a nearby river.