Sentences with phrase «coastal flood events»

For instance, we estimated 189 million people to have been living in the 100 - year flood plain in the year 2000, globally, while Jongman et al. [73] estimated 271 million people exposed to 1 - in -100-year coastal flood events in 2010.

Using a statistical model calibrated to the relationship between global mean temperature and rates of GSL change over this time period, we are assessing the human role in historic sea - level rise and identifying human «fingerprints» on coastal flood events.

«We expect coastal flooding events happening three times as often.»

Sea levels are rising in the Northeast at a faster rate than almost anywhere else on Earth, and climate change is already adding about a foot to each coastal flooding event, as it will with this one.

Not exact matches

Damages from extreme events like floods are even more relevant than the mean sea level itself when it comes to the costs of climate impacts for coastal regions.

The increase in frequency of these events that are today considered exceptional will likely push existing coastal protection structures beyond their design limits, leaving a large part of Europe's coastal zones exposed to flooding, according to the study's authors.

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.

In addition, stronger storms may also lead to greater coral damage due to increased flooding events, associated terrestrial runoff of freshwater and dissolved nutrients from coastal watersheds, and changes in sediment transport (leading to smothering of corals).

-- Climate impacts: global temperatures, ice cap melting, ocean currents, ENSO, volcanic impacts, tipping points, severe weather events — Environment impacts: ecosystem changes, disease vectors, coastal flooding, marine ecosystem, agricultural system — Government actions: US political views, world - wide political views, carbon tax / cap - and - trade restrictions, state and city efforts — Reducing GHGs: + electric power systems: fossil fuel use, conservation, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, tidal, other + transportation sector: conservation, mass transit, high speed rail, air travel, auto / truck (mileage issues, PHEVs, EVs, biofuels, hydrogen) + architectural structure design: home / office energy use, home / office conservation, passive solar, other

In the Northeast, «Communities are affected by heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and coastal flooding due to sea level rise and storm surge,» for example, while in the Southeast and Caribbean, «Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes increased competition for water.

A Global Climate Model (GCM) can provide reliable prediction information on scales of around 1000 by 1000 km covering what could be a vastly differing landscape (from very mountainous to flat coastal plains for example) with greatly varying potential for floods, droughts or other extreme events.

Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest - ever bills for the U.S.. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy rainfall.

These include hydrological events such as floods, storm surges, and coastal flooding, plus meteorological events like storms, tropical cyclones, heat / cold waves, drought, and wildfires.

Limits must be strict enough to avert the worst consequences of global warming that are already being felt in extreme weather events, droughts, floods, melting glaciers and polar ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten to swamp coastal communities and small island states.

«We conclude that, if projections for an increasing frequency of extreme El Niño and La Niña events over the twenty - first century are confirmed, then populated regions on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean basin could be alternately exposed to extreme coastal erosion and flooding, independent of sea - level rise,» the authors write.

Global climate models (ESMs or GCMs) can provide climate information on scales of around 1000 by 1000 km (with grid resolution of 100's of km) covering what could be a vastly differing landscape (from very mountainous to flat coastal plains for example) with greatly varying potential for floods, droughts or other extreme events.

Specific populations, such as those less economically developed or in lower - lying regions will be at a very high risk of impact and hundreds of millions of people will potentially be adversely affected by events like coastal flooding, saltwater infiltration into agricultural lands, and sea level rise.

A nice example is a near flooding situation in Northern Netherlands (January 2012), caused by a combined occurrence of a saturated soil due to excessive antecedent precipitation, a heavy precipitation event in the coastal area and a storm surge with a duration of several days that hindered the discharge of excess water from the area.

In contrast, while many African countries experience a similar trend in rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level rise.

From increasingly frequent and severe types of extreme events that include heatwaves, coastal flooding and heavier downpours, the costs of climate change are becoming tangible throughout the country.

Two recent events contrast existing vulnerability to extreme events: Hurricane Irene, which produced a broad swath of very heavy rain (greater than five inches in total and sometimes two to three inches per hour in some locations) from southern Maryland to northern Vermont from August 27 to 29, 2011; and Hurricane Sandy, which caused massive coastal damage from storm surge and flooding along the Northeast coast from October 28 to 30, 2012.

Both also depend on aging infrastructure that has already been stressed by climate hazards including heat waves, as well as coastal and riverine flooding due to a combination of sea level rise, storm surge, and extreme precipitation events.

Infrastructure will be increasingly compromised by climate - related hazards, including sea level rise, coastal flooding, and intense precipitation events.

These risks are three-fold: the increased number of events like floods and cyclones; droughts in some parts of the country and in long - term effects of coastal erosion affecting a large portion of the population.

Meanwhile, the world's worst coral bleaching event, record sea ice lows, and coastal flooding...

(134) Other chances to mention global climate change came in stories about heat waves, floods, and coastal storms, especially when the events were more damaging than anything in recent memory.

A recent report by NOAA describes a future where coastal flooding will be a weekly event in some coastal parts of the country.

Strong scientific evidence shows that global warming is increasing certain types of extreme weather events, including heat waves, coastal flooding, extreme precipitation events, and more severe droughts.

Such impacts include heavy precipitation events and coastal flooding.

In continental fluvial and coastal sections, changes in siliciclastic depositional facies reflect on increased frequency of high - energy events (e.g., extreme flooding), possibly from monsoon - like seasonal rains, and / or from unusually intense and / or sustained extra-tropical storms.

Strong scientific evidence links climate change with increasing heat waves, coastal flooding, and other extreme weather events.

When it comes to heat waves and coastal flooding, the scientific evidence is clear: Human - caused climate change is increasing these extreme weather events.

Our electricity system is vulnerable to extreme weather events, including coastal flooding, extreme heat, drought, and wildfires — all of which are likely to increase in the years ahead.

The region will be affected by rising temperatures, water security, sea - level rises, storm surges, extreme weather events, inland and coastal flooding, and food security issues.

Reinstate federal flood - protection standards that require all federally funded infrastructure projects to meet a higher margin of safety for future sea - level rise and flooding from coastal storms and extreme weather events.

As a coastal state, you may have increased risk of flooding, hurricane damage, and other water - related events in Maine.