Sentences with phrase «coastal changes made»
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.
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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.
«San Diego's picturesque coastal views and Southern California charm have made the city one of the country's leading tourist destinations and the changes being made continue to highlight this.»
«This grant has made it possible for us to restore important coastal marsh habitat, which faces a number of major threats, including invasive species and climate change.»
«Any related changes to positions where storms make landfall will have obvious effects on coastal residents and infrastructure.»
They believe it could be a sea change for coastal managers, giving them the opportunity to make decisions that could protect communities from severe wave damage.
A new immersive visualization allows people to make informed decisions on coastal plans by experiencing changes to an area through a first - person perspective.
China's aging population and rapid migration to coastal urban centers will make the country more susceptible to effects of climate change like rising sea levels and extreme weather events, recent research by scientists at University College London and experts from the United States, China and India has found.
The task force, led mostly by the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) put forth 14 specific recommended changes, mostly calling for revisions to state statutes and executive orders that would tighten environmental review and also make coastal development more costly in an effort to discourage building in sensitive areas.
«Maya Lin was invited to be our 2014 Platform artist because her timely and exquisite works make palpable the changes to the environment that deeply affect coastal communities everywhere, ours included,» said exhibition organizer Andrea Grover, the Parrish's Curator of Special Projects.
In many modern coastal systems, anthropogenic changes are superimposed on natural variation and lack of knowledge of such variation makes the prediction of future changes in water column oxygen challenging (e.g., Grantham et al., 2004).
Dorothy Atwood, one of the course participants, notes that «the reality of increasingly dangerous climate change — the rising temperatures and sea levels; the droughts, floods and stronger storms; the acidic oceans; the increasing forest fires; the expanding health dangers; the economic costs of floods, drought, hurricanes and sunken coastal cities — are very real to us and demand our personal and group response because it makes both environmental and economic sense to change the way we live and solve these problems.»
By 2005, when Hurricane Katrina drew Americans» attention to the connection between climate change and coastal flooding, scientists were getting better at making their case to the public.
This video intends to expalin how Cambodia's coastal city of Preah Sihanouk is making positive strides to address the threats of climate change, with the help of UN-Habitat.
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».
Whether or not we agree that humans have changed the climate, farmers will plant the crops they need to stay in business, and leaders in coastal cities will make real changes to address rising sea levels.
Elsewhere researchers concluded that in addition to atmospheric pH, the complex interactions controlling pH especially in coastal zones, make detection of any trends towards acidification «not trivial and the attribution of these changes to anthropogenic CO2 emissions is even more problematic.»
As a coastal city, Stamford is vulnerable to threats of climate change, extreme weather, and natural disasters, making it...
That would make it much harder for coastal cities like Miami, which is already seen as the U.S. city most vulnerable to climate change, to adapt in time.
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.
I never loved the brown rug in this room and although I loved the wall color I really wanted to make a change and create a soft coastal vibe.