Sentences with phrase «coastal changes»

But the review of analytical methods actually suggested that the model was an adequate means of calculating long - term trends in coastal change rates.

Tim Folger's cover story in National Geographic provides an excellent up - to - date overview of what's known, and remains unknown, about the pace of coastal change in a warming world.

A new study found surprising evidence that climate change is rapidly causing coastal changes in the Arctic that could have significant impacts on Arctic food webs and animal populations.

Looking at conditions over shorter periods of time, such as seasons, would provide more helpful detail, says Frank Muller - Karger, a biological oceanographer at the University of South Florida in St Petersburg who has been comparing EMUs with weekly maps of coastal changes made using satellite imagery.

These effects in turn drive local coastal changes, which can be drastically different depending on which side of the Pacific they are occurring.

Our neighborhood is full of seasonal coastal changes.

My take is that the tug of war over what's causing today's telegenic heat waves, floods, tempests — and even Arctic sea - ice retreats — distracts from the high confidence scientists have in the long - term (but less sexy) picture: that more CO2 will lead to centuries of climate and coastal changes with big consequences for a growing human population (for better and worse in the short run, and likely mostly for the worse in the long run).

Here's a snippet from a figure in the paper showing how arguments about the pace of coastal change between now and 2100 distract from a profoundly clear long - term reality — that there will be no new «normal» coastal for millenniums, even with aggressive action to curb emissions:

There's plenty of room for rational action aimed at both empowering the world's billions lacking a light bulb or clean fuel and limiting the risks of driving long - lasting climate and coastal changes through the buildup of greenhouse gases.

The CanVis tool from NOAA's Coastal Services Center creates images of potential coastal changes, letting planners and citizens put changes in perspective before they happen.

I could only laugh as ridiculous CO2 alarmists who metamorphosed a local disaster, brought about by ignorance of natural coastal changes, into a global warming «crystal ball».

Nicholls [13] considered two scenarios of coastal population change in a scenario - based analysis of coastal flooding impacts for the 21st century: First a low - growth scenario, where coastal change was assumed to uniformly follow national change.

Thirteen research institutions looked at data from 48 Pacific beaches in the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Hawai'i from 1979 to 2012 to see if patterns in coastal change could be linked to climate cycles such as El Niño and La Niña.

COAWST combines models of ocean, atmosphere, waves and sediment transport for analysis of coastal change.

These coastal changes, in turn, could also be delivering more nutrients, carbon, and other chemicals into the Arctic Ocean and lead to dramatic impacts on Arctic food webs and animal populations.

These coastal changes, in turn, could also deliver more nutrients, carbon, and other chemicals into the Arctic Ocean and have significant impacts on the Arctic food web.

California sea lions as sentinels of coastal change.

From here forward, the world requires a mix of adapting to climate and coastal changes that are already in the pipeline (especially important in poor regions with rising populations) and limiting long - term growth in emissions through rising efficiency, accelerated research, and incentives and disincentives to foster a shift to less - polluting energy choices.