Sentences with phrase «coastal erosion projects»

In his email, Martens mentions everything from lowering the cap on greenhouse gas emissions and securing funding for long - neglected flood control structures and coastal erosion projects to banning the sale and importation of elephant and rhinoceros ivory and undertaking «one of the largest additions to the forest preserve in the state's history.»

With the assistance of the coastal erosion project, the Masig community has made some decisions about their future and how they want to progress an adaptation strategy.

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In 2003, she sued the organizers of California Coastal Records Project, a group documenting coastal erosion in the state using aerial photographs, because one of their helicopter snaps included views of the singer - songwriter - actress - filmmaker's Malibu home.

Sand, gravel, and other mineral resources from the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) are often used in beach nourishment, wetlands restoration, and other coastal restoration projects to address erosion issues.

DEC spokesperson Emily DeSantis says the department's operations budget would remain flat and the cuts would be to the part of the budget that pays for capital works projects, things like coastal erosion prevention and flood mitigation, that are contracted out by the department.

In addition, the Budget includes $ 102 million for the Department of Environmental Conservation to advance flood control, coastal erosion and critical dam safety projects.

Since the first project of its kind in the U.S. at Coney Island, N.Y., in 1922, coastal managers have used beach nourishment — essentially importing sand to replace sediment lost through storms or erosion — to restore damaged beaches, but it is laborious and expensive.

For the study «Doubling of coastal erosion under rising sea level by mid-century in Hawaiʻi,» published this week in Natural Hazards, the research team developed a simple model to assess future erosion hazards under higher sea levels — taking into account historical changes of Hawaiʻi shorelines and the projected acceleration of sea level rise reported from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

One of these, the Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Zones of West Africa (ACCC) project, brings together delegates from Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal to discuss solutions to climate change problems such as rising sea levels and coastal erosion.

When used together, the researchers conclude, the state of these indices can be used as a tool to project when major impacts on coastal communities may occur, impacts that can range from flooding to erosion, and may be experienced (and here is the important part) regardless of mean sea level rise.

The LA - 1 project in coastal Louisiana received a $ 66 million TIFIA loan in 2005 for the first phase of a plan to replace an existing highway in need of repair due to subsidence, erosion, and frequent storm damage with a new tolled limited - access elevated facility.

Along the Pacific coast long - term erosion of dunes due to increasing wave heights is projected to be an increasing problem for coastal communities.

Beach recreation is also projected to suffer due to coastal erosion.

For example, are new development projects set back from the coast far enough to avoid coastal erosion problems?

The second project addresses sea level rise and coastal erosion through innovative research that will help protect Eastern Long Island's coastline.

Not only does such a project slow coastal erosion, the reefs actively store about 4 times more carbon by area than forests!