Sentences with phrase «coastal areas of the world»

The infrastructure efforts in all the coastal areas of the world could be thought of as simply the necessary human work, maybe even a full employment program of sorts.

So far, today's tsunami has mainly affected Japan — there are reports of up to 300 dead in the coastal city of Sendai — but future tsunamis could strike the U.S. and virtually any other coastal area of the world with equal or greater force, say scientists.

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[241] The attractions and major tourist destinations of Ghana include a warm, tropical climate year - round; diverse wildlife; exotic waterfalls such as Kintampo Waterfalls and the largest waterfall in west Africa, Wli Waterfalls; Ghana's coastal palm - lined sandy beaches; caves; mountains, rivers; meteorite impact crater and reservoirs and lakes such as Lake Bosumtwi or Bosumtwi meteorite crater and the largest man - made lake in the world by surface area, Lake Volta; dozens of castles and forts; UNESCO World Heritage Sites; nature reserves and national pworld by surface area, Lake Volta; dozens of castles and forts; UNESCO World Heritage Sites; nature reserves and national pWorld Heritage Sites; nature reserves and national parks.

The researcher team agreed that including extreme sea levels into coastal impact studies is imperative in helping vulnerable parts of the world effectively protect themselves by adapting through new or upgraded infrastructure such as dikes, pumping systems, barriers, or other tools like new building codes or flood zoning that prevents new infrastructure from being built in high - risk areas.

Considering that the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets span more than 1.7 million and 14 million square kilometers, respectively, while containing 90 % of the world's freshwater ice supply, melting of ice shelves could be catastrophic for low - lying coastal areas.

The low - lying island nation offers the scientists a unique opportunity to reconstruct climate conditions during previous periods of varying sea levels to help scientists better understand how future climate change will the effect the 1,000 km - long archipelago and low - lying coastal areas all around the world.

What is clear is that in coastal areas around the world, people have unwittingly created spawning grounds for huge numbers of jellyfish simply by building docks and other structures that quickly multiplying jellyfish polyps can attach to.

The world's coastal ecosystems — areas such as tidal marshes and mangrove forests — have the potential to store and sequester large amounts of carbon, collectively known as blue carbon.

One recent study by Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, and Bridget Anderson (2007) found that although coastal areas less than 10 meters above sea level constitute only 2 percent of the world's land area, they contain 10 percent of the world's population.

Together with similar tracks found recently in other parts of the world, the Skye trackways reveal that sauropods spent lots of time in coastal areas and shallow water.

Rising sea levels will make coastal areas more prone to flooding, regional droughts are likely to increase in frequency and intensity, summer months are likely to have more extreme - heat days, and thunderstorms and other weather events are likely to become more intense in some parts of the world.

It's a troubling finding for the future of coastal areas around the world.

Manuel Antonia National Park — Listed by Forbes as one of the world's 12 most beautiful national parks, the protected coastal rainforest area of Manuel Antonio on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast is a favorite destination on Caravan's Costa Rica eco tour.

Located in a spectacular coastal area in far North Queensland, the world famous 4 Mile Beach and the World Heritage sites of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest at your door step, there isn't a more perfect place to vworld famous 4 Mile Beach and the World Heritage sites of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest at your door step, there isn't a more perfect place to vWorld Heritage sites of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest at your door step, there isn't a more perfect place to visit.

«Forever» in numbers is actually 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) making it the biggest area of coastal mangrove forest in the world.

The coastal province of KwaZulu Natal has just about everything — historical battlefields, architecture and memorials, first world shopping malls, Victorian - cottage shabby - chic suburban living, tribal settlements in rural areas, towering basalt mountains, warm seas, world - class wetlands, wildlife game reserves, hiking and snorkelling opportunities, vibrant markets, an annual sardine run, and a strong Indian, Zulu and colonial influence.

This rising sea level may be contributing to coastal erosion that is occurring in so many areas of the world today, including Ambergris Caye.

The country's now third - largest protected area in St Lucia includes Lake St Lucia and spans 280 km of coastline, a natural ensemble of lakes, swamp forest, ancient coastal dunes, and an estuarine system, with World Heritage status.

With some of the most spectacular coastline and sheltered waterways in the world, the area is ideal for a coastal holiday.

Kihei Maui is situated southwest of Haleakala and its coastal area is peppered with fine, white - sand beaches that draw travelers from all over the world, and for very good reason.

Port Douglas is located in a spectacular coastal area of far North Queensland with the world famous 4 Mile Beach and dual World Heritage sites of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest at your door world famous 4 Mile Beach and dual World Heritage sites of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest at your door World Heritage sites of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest at your door step.

The Sorrentine peninsula is an encounter with history and nature; a captivating area in one of those corners of the world blessed with a gentleness of climate, stunning coastal roads, the colours of lemons, oranges, bougainvillea, azure skies, and that Italian gusto for life, all bathed in an inspirational light.

The area only continues to grow in popularity as more people around the world discover this true gem of coastal Mexico.

Located just an hour north of Cairns, along one of Australia's most scenic coastal routes, against a backdrop of rainforest mountains with a foreground of the Coral Sea, Port Douglas is the perfect base to explore the exceptional World Heritage areas of the Daintree and the Great Barrier Reef.

Muir Woods is the only old - growth coastal redwood forest in the Bay Area, and one of just a few remaining in the world.

While the coastal areas are attractively familiar, the mountains of Albania reveal Ottoman fortresses, prehistoric dwellings, ancient citadels, the sites of battles both ancient and recent, monasteries, mosques, tombs cut into the rock side, finds from the Illyrian period, theatres from the ancient world and the fascinating city and museum of Apollonia.

Curlew Park is an ideal base from which to explore the surrounding attractions of the south - east of South Australia, such as the world heritage listed Naracoorte Caves, Coorong National Park, the wine districts of Padthaway and Coonawarra and the coastal areas of Kingston, Robe and Beachport.

The natural ingredients are all here: fishing, hiking, world - class scuba diving, and serious quantities of wildlife in coastal waters, wilderness parks and the area's nicely mature second - growth woodland habitat make for great viewing.

The coastal township is nestled between two World Heritage areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest, enjoying the best of both worlds.

Take a stroll to the Marin Headlands, a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, where you will see some of the world's oldest coastal redwoods.

These wildfires release soot into the atmosphere, which accelerates the rate of melting of glaciers, snow and ice it lands upon, which can lead to less reflectivity, meaning more of the sun's heat is absorbed, leading to more global warming, which leads to even more wildfires, not to mention greater sea level rise, which is already threatening coastal areas around the world.

Therefore, minutes after the treaty was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro I was passing out leaflets denouncing it as a death sentence for coral reefs and low lying islands and coastal areas, and said that we would lose most of the corals in the world in the next decade, which is what indeed happened.

Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,

The raise of the level of the sea, for example, could create situations of extreme gravity when taking into account that a quarter of the world population lives by the sea or very close to it, and that most megacities are located in coastal areas.

Many such events are known and have been reported for the Mediterranean, a region where high - frequency occurrences of these extreme events coincides with some of the most densely populated coastal areas in the world.

«With less than 3 % of the world's oil in our offshore areas, it's obvious that drilling will not solve our energy crisis but does jeopardize our coastal communities and economies.»

Many areas of the world experienced higher - than - average monthly temperatures, including: much of Eurasia, coastal Africa, Central America, central South America, parts of the North Atlantic Ocean, the south west Pacific Ocean, and the Indian Ocean.

The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over...»

Because much of humanity, including many residents of the world's major cities like Kolkata (Calcutta), London, Shanghai, and Washington, DC, are located in vulnerable coastal areas, hundreds of millions of people are directly at risk.

In Valparaiso, Chile, 100 houses were destroyed by fires racing through a coastal setting that has a climate and topography similar to those of the Los Angeles Basin, where the fire season culminated this month with flames overpowering civilization right on the edge of one of the biggest, wealthiest, and most populated urban areas in the world.

The Folland and Parker bias estimates have been shown to compare well to coastal land temperature stations and used to drive atmosphere only GCMs that have reproduced the land temperature variations over large areas of the world (See Folland et al. 2005 for more details, copy here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadsst3/references.html).

«The Folland and Parker bias estimates have been shown to compare well to coastal land temperature stations and used to drive atmosphere only GCMs that have reproduced the land temperature variations over large areas of the world».

More than a quarter of the world's population is living on coastal areas.

The rare monster tropical cyclones (the term for hurricanes, typhoons and other tropical storms) could inundate coastal areas with storm surges greater than 15 feet (4.6 meters), and could even surpass 30 feet (9 m) in some regions of the world.

One - third of the world's population are estimated to live in coastal areas.

A World Bank report said in February 2015 that climate change is likely to increase river salinity leading to shortages of drinking water and irrigation and significant changes in aquatic ecosystems in the southwest coastal areas during the dry season by 2050.

Whether it's the threat of dramatic sea level rise to coastal areas or current climate change refugees from low - lying islands, the effects of climate change and global warming on the world's oceans are both real and imminent.

This activity report showcases a set of case studies that present the work of a wide range of financed and supported projects that make a case for further investment in marine protected areas to restore the health of oceanic and coastal ecosystems, strengthen resilience in the face of climate change, sustain fisheries and other economic activities, and improve the lives of the world's poorest communities.

Threats to marine biodiversity in the U.S. are the same as those for most of the world: overexploitation of living resources; reduced water quality; coastal development; shipping; invasive species; rising temperature and concentrations of carbon dioxide in the surface ocean, and other changes that may be consequences of global change, including shifting currents; increased number and size of hypoxic or anoxic areas; and increased number and duration of harmful algal blooms.

The result would be further acceleration of sea level rise, putting even more extensive areas of the world's coasts under sentence of inundation: Alexandria, Egypt, Bangladesh's Meghna delta, much of Boston's central business district, and coastal New Jersey, to name just a few (in addition, presumably, to those places already mentioned in Two Degrees.)