Sentences with phrase «changes on coastal communities»

Understand changes in Arctic ocean chemistry, as well as historical and projected changes in sea - ice extent and the impacts of these changes on coastal communities.

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«The B.C. Liberal government did not bother to find out what impact these changes would have on coastal economies and communities before announcing them — but we will make sure they hear about it,» said Trevena.

In turn, sharing scientific and indigenous predictive capabilities is meant to improve coastal ice interpretation and prediction based on satellite imagery, assist communities refining public safety measures, and to add local sea ice to parameters used in assessing global climate change in the Arctic.

Organizers hope the strategy to mobilize a local community will catch on as more and more coastal towns face the effects of climate change and the need to protect their shorelines.

This productive partnership has been providing Canadian researchers and their international colleagues with the ability to monitor and understand the impacts of climate change and resource development on Arctic marine and coastal ecosystems and northern communities since 2003.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Mayors of 21 cities in Florida on Friday called on the moderators of next week's presidential debates in Miami to ask candidates how they would deal with rising sea levels caused by climate change, a concern of the state's coastal communities.

A little - known grant program that supports academic research to help communities adapt to climate change and manage their coastal and lakeshore resources is on the chopping block in the Trump administration's budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The big takeaway from this study: While there is uncertainty in projections for changes in the climate indices reviewed here (especially El Niño and La Niña), this study serves to alert us to the fact that the climate impacts that our local coastal communities face are based in large part on changes that occur on both a large, global scale and over the long, decadal term.

By bringing together microbial ecologists, biogeochemists her group examines the influence of microbial communities on coastal ocean processes, especially in light of a changing climate.

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.

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.

My friend and sometime fishing partner Carl Safina, the marine scientist, conservationist and writer (who lives on Long Island), wrote a hard - edged piece for the CNN Web site calling out coastal communities and the nation for complacency in the face of climate change and rising seas.

From a story on «how a donkey inspired a community to save itself» to a family divided on wind power to concerns about coastal erosion through the eyes of a Texas town, the radio series captures the struggles of every - day Americans as they come to terms with change in their communities.

The climate community did a great service to the country in 2006 in putting out a joint statement on the enormous human vulnerability in coastal zones to hurricanes — setting aside questions about the role of greenhouse - driven warming in changing hurricane patterns.

At the EPA, Dr. Carter integrated the effects of climate change into estimates of future coastal inundation on contaminated lands, such as brownfields and superfund sites, to help guide decisions on adaptation efforts that could better protect nearby communities from the spread of dangerous contaminants during future floods.

Bridlington, Whitby, and other English coastal towns have long depended on the North Sea fishery for food and income.2 But global warming is affecting plankton and changing the marine food chain, compounding the pressures of overfishing.3 The resulting disruption of the ecosystem could damage the fishing industry and hurt North Sea coastal communities from the United Kingdom to Scandinavia.

With impacts on Arctic coastal communities and increases in maritime activities, both observations of changes underway and predictions at the scale of less than a week to several months out are of importance to the research community and those living and operating in ice - covered seas.

In order to protect human development and beachside communities from the destructive impacts of climate changes, management efforts in many cases center on coastal fortification, a reactionary approach which can include one or more of the following: seawall, groin, and jetty construction, beach re-nourishment, and inshore artificial reefs [4].

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

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Changing pathways — for example, shifting from on - going coastal protection to gradual retreat from the most exposed areas — can be challenging and may require new types of interactions among governments, industry and communities.

On this view, «coastal communities» are incapable of responding to changing circumstances, even over the course of centuries.

Following the NASA story, Edward Hannah, reader in climate change at the University of Sheffield, wrote in the Guardian that «the Greenland ice sheet is living on borrowed time», and that «tens of centimetres» of sea - level rise «would make many coastal communities more vulnerable to flooding and storm surges».

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From heartland communities enduring more extreme weather to coastal communities facing the threat of rising sea levels, the residents of America's cities are on the front line of the fight against climate change.

These communities — the poor in coastal cities and on low - lying islands — are among the world's most vulnerable to climate change and the least able to marshal the resources to adapt, a new report finds.

If you don't know what's happening to small islands... communities like the Carteret Islands are on the front lines of climate change, because of rising seas and severe weather — they are experiencing more severe storm surges, coastal erosion.

1) Abstract «Such changes could have significant ramifications for global sea level, the ocean thermohaline circulation, native coastal communities, and commercial activities, as well as effects on the global surface energy and moisture budgets, atmospheric and oceanic circulations, and geosphere - biosphere feedbacks.

The TSRA, CSIRO and Queensland government submissions to House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities both identified a lack of data as an issue.