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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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Nicholas Pinter, a University of California, Davis, geoscientist who studies flood risk and water management, said that Florida is well - situated to build more wisely after this disaster because it already has a statewide post-disaster redevelopment plan and requires coastal communities to have their own.

Damage and flooding was reported in some coastal communities that saw more than 500,000 people evacuate ahead of the storm.

VICTORIA — The announcement of another fuel surcharge means ferry fares will rise by more than seven per cent in the next three months, and that hike will be a significant blow to coastal communities and the provincial economy, say New Democrats.

VICTORIA — The announcement of another fuel surcharge means ferry fares will rise by more than seven per cent in the next three months, and that hike will be a significant blow to coastal communities and the provincial economy, say...

While the lawmakers are thrilled that the city dedicated funds for the much anticipated improvements — especially the $ 73 million dollars designated for the new gun ranges — their constituents in coastal communities surrounding Rodman's Neck deserve more answers.

For coastal communities like Long Island, this means rising sea levels and more destructive storms.

«We know that sea levels are rising and that coastal communities are becoming more vulnerable to extreme weather - and climate - related events.

«We all have to work to innovate, test, monitor, and develop a better suite of options that includes more natural and hybrid infrastructure alternatives for providing coastal protection to communities around the world.»

With a warming climate battering the coast with more severe storms, the research suggests that, to protect coastal communities, managers may want to give weight to the virtues of the non-native species.

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.

Thanks to tracking data of fishing vessels, it is possible to derive information about the fishing habits of coastal communities and to know, for example, which are the areas where they fish more frequently.

With more than $ 1 billion in revenue to U.S. coastal communities from mollusks, which the study focuses on, just how prepared those communities are could have huge financial ramifications.

In comparison to other coastal communities, ocean front house rentals are considerably more expensive.

Cannon Beach offers more oceanfront lodging options overlooking iconic rock formations on the Oregon Coast than any other coastal community.

In order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the salmonid resources that exist on the North Island, NVISEA participates in watershed and coastal planning meetings with community representatives.

On the aspect of hurricanes and tropical storms and continuing weakness of the levees that protect low - lying coastal and riverine communities I forsee more wasted tax dollars (flood insurance payments) trying to postpone the inevitable: moving permanent structures to higher ground to get ahead of sea level rise.

«Since more that 70 % of shipping traffic takes place within 250 miles of the coastline, this is a significant health concern for coastal communities,» Daniel Lack, lead author of the study pointed out.

And while countries like Myanmar will have the largest number of displaced peoples from climate change, even countries like the US are likely to see a surge in internally displaced people as coastal communities come face to face with sea level rise and more destructive storms.

The Associated Press reports that a coalition of more than 60 environmental groups issued a joint statement saying that opening U.S. waters to oil and gas exploration threatens marine life and coastal communities with «severe and unacceptable harm.»

«The combination of these complex climate changes threatens coastal communities and cities, our food and water supplies, marine and freshwater ecosystems, forests, high mountain environments, and far more,» the letter published in Science reads.

Leading scientists also warn that this process is endangering the entire planet: Arctic warming and melting cause more extreme weather in the mid-latitudes and sea level rise that will have catastrophic consequences for low - lying coastal communities around the world.

Increasingly warming oceans and melting ice are yielding rising sea levels that not only provide a springboard for storm surge to reach further inland, but also fuel hurricanes like Sandy with additional energy — threatening more of our coastal communities.

Average sea - levels may rise, which would affect coastal communities through more frequent flooding and increased ground - water salinity.

So fishing communities in southern New England, the Pacific Northwest, coastal Alaska and parts of Maine, for example, will likely take a big hit as valuable mollusks such as oysters and clams start feeling the effects of more acidic waters.

But all three also point to the same bleak conclusion: human impacts on the atmosphere promise only the choice between a dangerous future, and a catastrophic one, as the planetary thermometer rises, glaciers and icecaps melt, the oceans become more acidic and more likely to flood coastal communities, hurricanes and typhoons become more intense and destructive, heatwaves become more lethal and droughts become more devastating.

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].

In the face of higher sea levels and more intense storms, coastal communities face greater risk of rapid beach erosion from destructive storms like the intense nor» easter of April 2007 that caused this damage.

More - powerful storms can combine with even a modest rise in sea level in a dangerous synergy, allowing for ever larger storm surges that can flatten coastal communities.

Under the worst - case scenario investigated, if pollution continues unabated, and if seas respond to ongoing warming by rising at the fastest rates considered likely, sea levels could rise more than 4 feet this century alone, wiping out coastal infrastructure and driving communities inland.

For example, science can identify how much monetary loss might occur if tropical cyclones grow more intense or heat waves more frequent, or identify the land that might be lost in coastal communities for various levels of higher seas.

Compounding the risk for coastal communities, Asia has more than 90 % of the global population exposed to tropical cyclones.

In the US alone, more than 143 million people live in coastal communities.

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.

Offshore oil drilling would threaten Virginia's coastal communities and fishing and tourism industries with devastating spills, while enabling more of the fossil fuel pollution causing climate change and rising sea levels.

Ignoring these facts, President Obama continues to insist that «dangerous» carbon dioxide emissions are causing «unprecedented» global warming, «more extreme» droughts and hurricanes, and rising seas that «threaten» coastal communities.

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.

It would also enable more of the fossil fuel pollution driving climate change, which is already raising sea levels and causing rampant flooding in Virginia's coastal communities.

Scientists have only been examining this problem for a decade, and they need more information to help coastal communities adapt to changing seas.

(v) The combination of these complex climate changes threatens coastal communities and cities, our food and water supplies, marine and fresh water ecosystems, forests, high mountain environments, and far more.

And the more the ice sheet melts — we're talking hundreds of billions of tons of ice a year — the more that rising seas endanger low - lying coastal communities around the world.

Investing in coastal communities and their future resilience through more strategic and better integrated conservation and restoration;

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.

The news is still fresh, being that the local governments» announcement was not yet even a week ago — with that said, there's sure to be more prominent voices to speak out against Colorado communities jumping on the, once coastal, climate litigation bandwagon.

And in 2005, Church helped to launch UniquEco and The Flip Flop Recycling Project to ramp up production for the recycled products made from flip flops and offer more coastal community members opportunities to improve their livelihoods.

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.

«Since more than 70 percent of shipping traffic takes place within 250 miles of the coastline, this is a significant health concern for coastal communities,» said lead study author Daniel Lack, a researcher with the NOAA - supported CU Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences based at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder.

In the scientific community, that's a pretty uncontroversial statement — there's plenty of evidence that rising global temperatures, spurred by a still - growing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, will lead to more heat waves and coastal flooding.

Richer populations are assumed to be more likely to invest in coastal defences and some coastal communities will be less at risk than others, yet the cost of what Dr Hauer calls «adaptive infrastructure» in the US could reach $ 1 trillion.

The expected outputs range from integrating climate change risks into development planning and coastal zoning regulation to diversifying livelihoods to finding more secure sources of water in communities where saline intrusion is a problem (Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation).