Sentences with phrase «by coastal erosion»

But that didn't stop him: he continued calling — searching for infrastructure that was deteriorating as the permafrost thawed beneath it and for facilities threatened by coastal erosion and flooding — until he and his colleagues had mapped every inch of Alaska's infrastructure and put a price tag on what climate change might do to it.

The second time was when climate change hit The Trump Organization's bottom line: His golf course in Ireland is threatened by coastal erosion, so the company recently applied for a permit to build a seawall to protect the property from «global warming and its effects.»

Beaches and historic coastlines are likely to be reshaped by coastal erosion, with the rate expected to increase fourfold, the report said.

«Beasts of the Southern Wild»: In this mythological tale inspired by the coastal erosion crisis facing the communities of southern Louisiana, a 6 - year - old Bayou Don Quixote sets out to find her long - lost mother when her father is beset by a mysterious illness.

The Sunday Telegraph, for example, published a feature on 23 January about people living by the sea whose homes are threatened by coastal erosion.

Not exact matches

Trump's positions are further complicated by a recent Politico reportthat shows his organization cited global warming as justification to build a coastal structure to prevent erosion at a golf course in Ireland.

BUILD RESILIENCY by supporting our local municipalities and County and help fund efforts to address coastal erosion and flood mitigation and manage our wetlands.

DEC spokesperson Emily DeSantis says the department's operations budget would remain flat and the cuts would be to the part of the budget that pays for capital works projects, things like coastal erosion prevention and flood mitigation, that are contracted out by the department.

Pohnpei itself shows little coastal erosion, perhaps because it is fairly high above sea level and ringed by mangrove forest.

Any research that relies on measuring changes in Earth's surface, including studies of volcanoes and coastal erosion, would benefit from elevation data produced by the SETSM software, Howat said.

«Doubling of coastal erosion by mid-century in Hawai'i.»

For the study «Doubling of coastal erosion under rising sea level by mid-century in Hawaiʻi,» published this week in Natural Hazards, the research team developed a simple model to assess future erosion hazards under higher sea levels — taking into account historical changes of Hawaiʻi shorelines and the projected acceleration of sea level rise reported from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

On top of that, the coastal areas hit hardest — the Louisiana wetlands — are already under acute stress from subsidence, erosion and the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

For instance, researchers may have a limited time to survey coastal archaeological sites threatened by erosion, to sample melting ice sheets holding clues to past climates, and to document so - called thermokarst lakes, which are formed by meltwater from permafrost.

Slows Coastal Erosion Following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, a study led by Danish ecologist Finn Danielsen reported that coastal areas flush with mangrove trees were markedly less damaged than those without.

This more detailed and accurate model could help scientists better predict the motion of dunes or manage coastal land threatened by erosion, says physicist Hans Jürgen Herrmann, also of ETH Zürich, who led the research team.

A Government guidance note on coastal planning, issued in September, says that new building developments away from existing urban areas should not in general be allowed on coasts threatened by erosion.

One is geomorphological: erosion provides the sediment that builds up the natural coastal defences of other areas of coastline, by forming marshes or beaches, shingle bars or mud flats.

No one is more concerned than the Japanese, who are surrounded by seas; about 73 % of Japan is forested, mountainous, and unsuitable for agricultural, industrial, or residential use, as a result, the habitable zones are mainly located in or near coastal areas, so much so that, there are growing concerns in Japan of the impact of climate change on their coastal surroundings, prompting the Japanese government to set up an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scenarios.

That is a major change in sea currents, warming, wildlife, coastal erosion, and much less solar energy being bounced back into space by ice that in not there.

What's in a typical policy: Flood insurance covers direct physical losses by flood and losses resulting from flood - related erosion caused by heavy or prolonged rain, coastal storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems, levee dam failure or other similar causes.

Remarkable Rocks are a cluster of large granite boulders sculptured by weather erosion into an amazing coastal formation.

From the romanticism of some of the earliest work exhibited such as George Morland and Walter Langley depicting the human cost of shipwrecks and their aftermath to the effects of climate change upon the sea, coastal erosion and rising sea levels, that is portrayed in work by artists such as Jethro Brice, Simon Read and Michael Porter.

Alaska's coast is vulnerable to the effects of sea - ice retreat, thawing of coastal permafrost, and rising sea level, all of which are caused by warming, and combine to increase coastal erosion.

Kivalina, located at the end of a spit in northwestern Alaska, is one of several villages threatened by climate - change accelerated coastal erosion and seal - level rise.

Dr. Geh Min, former president of Singapore Nature Society, highlighted the unique role of tropical mangrove ecosystems in providing wildlife habitat, curbing coastal erosion caused by intense wave actions or surface runoff, acting as a natural purifier of water, while serving as sitea for human recreation.

My heart goes out to the activists working to save all these spots, from the ongoing fight to save Trestles from being destroyed by road development, to the efforts to restore Ocean Beach and Pacifica from the negative effects of accelerated coastal erosion.

And as a lifelong beach lover, I have been horrified by the threats the oceans face today from climate change, sea levels rising, acidification, overfishing, drilling, seismic testing, and coastal erosion.

It highlights several implications for this sector, including altered seasonality, desertification and floods, damages caused by increased incidence of natural hazards, coastal erosion and loss of beach areas, and loss of natural and archeological attractions.

But lacking geologic backgrounds and unaware of natural weather cycles, developers» ability to estimate a «safe distance» was hampered by the episodic nature of coastal erosion that could lull people into believing erosion was minimal.

Unfortunately scientific measurements of coastal erosion did not begin until the 1960s led by Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

All of these components of coastal erosion are impacted by climate change.

They know it from days and nights that are hotter than in the past; from more frequent and more intense hurricanes or freak years like the last one when there were none; from long periods of dry weather followed by unseasonable heavy rainfall and flooding; and from the recognisable erosion of coastal areas and reefs.

So while coastal erosion is consistent with models of sea - level rise resulting from climate change, determining just how much of this erosion might have been caused by climate change impacts is difficult.

While Palin set up a sub-Cabinet office to map out the state's response to global warming as governor, and sought federal dollars to help coastal communities threatened by erosion, she has been steadfast in saying human beings are not responsible for climate change and that proposals to limit pollution threaten the economy.

By the end of this century, increased rates of sea - level rise (SLR) could cause pcmanent inundation of portions of low - lying coastal cities, repeated flooding episodes, and more severe beach erosion.

With the late - summer ice edge located farther north than it used to be, storms produce larger waves and more coastal erosion.5 An additional contributing factor is that coastal bluffs that were «cemented» by ice - rich permafrost are beginning to thaw in response to warmer air and ocean waters, and are therefore more vulnerable to erosion.22 Standard defensive adaptation strategies to protect coastal communities from erosion, such as use of rock walls, sandbags, and riprap, have been largely unsuccessful.23 Several coastal communities are seeking to relocate to escape erosion that threatens infrastructure and services but, because of high costs and policy constraints on use of federal funds for community relocation, only one Alaskan village has begun to relocate (see also Ch.

Alaska Native communities are already being affected by climate - induced changes in the physical and biological environment, from coastal erosion threatening the existence of some communities, to alterations in hunting, fishing, and gathering practices that undermine the intergenerational transfer of culture, skill, and wisdom.

There is new information that lack of sea ice causes storms to produce larger waves and more coastal erosion.5 An additional contributing factor is that coastal bluffs that were «cemented» by permafrost are beginning to thaw in response to warmer air and ocean waters, and are therefore more vulnerable to erosion.22 Standard defensive adaptation strategies to protect coastal communities from erosion such as use of rock walls, sandbags, and riprap have been largely unsuccessful.23 There remains considerable uncertainty, however, about the spatial patterns of future coastal erosion.

These areas of open water influence: (1) the land by allowing more ocean waves and more coastal erosion, (2) Greenland outlet glaciers by exposing the glacier fronts to warmer ocean waters, and (3) the atmosphere by providing a source of heat and moisture during autumn.

Ruth Gates, director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, points to a reduction in food supplies, lack of coastal protection, and land erosion of detrimental consequences to coral bleaching as potential consequences, and says people impacted by these areas will have to move.

The study also estimates that resultant emissions decreases would reduce 2050 U.S. climate change costs — such as coastal erosion and extreme weather damage — by about $ 3.2 billion per year.

Kusky talks about a withdrawal of the city and explains that coastal erosion was thrown into fast forward by Katrina.

Not only does such a project slow coastal erosion, the reefs actively store about 4 times more carbon by area than forests!

Nearshore benthic communities also could undergo significant change induced by reduced ice cover, longer open - water season, changing flows through the Bering Strait, increased frequency and intensity of storms, increased river and freshwater runoff, and increased ice scouring and coastal erosion.

And the impacts are going to be made worse by slow moving disasters like sea level rise and coastal erosion.

Flood insurance covers direct physical losses by flood and losses resulting from flood - related erosion caused by heavy or prolonged rain, coastal storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems, levee dam failure or other similar causes.