Sentences with phrase «coastal island in»

Scott and I spent the weekend with eight of our dearest Columbia friends on Fripp Island, a pretty little coastal island in the South Carolina lowcountry.

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In addition the NERC said that the projects would, among other things, demonstrate the potential of ORE technologies to provide island and coastal communities with a stable power supply.

Deep in the lakes of a group of rocky, coastal islands near the south pole, the researchers uncovered an organism that resembles a bacterium, but is not.

It was only two years ago that my son Jack and I had an opportunity to fish on Princess Royal Island, and witness the wonder of 300 - foot trees in one of the world's last remaining coastal rainforests, shrouded in primeval mists.

China's military conducted live - fire exercises in coastal waters opposite Taiwan, trying to send a message to the democratic island whose Defense Ministry dismissed the drill as small - scale intimidation.

• Brevard County Emergency Management officials announced a mandatory order for more than 100,000 residents living on Merritt Island, an area near the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida, and along the coastal areas to leave their homes and condominiums beginning 3 p.m. Friday.

Jon and Sarah Lark run Kangaroo Island Spirits in South Australia, and use two local indigenous plants — Myoporum insulare, or native juniper, and Olearia axillaris, coastal daisy bush or wild rosemary — as botanicals in their gin.

Gracing the 20th floor of Fashion Island Hotel, Island Club is a premier escape to enhance your stay with upgraded amenities, and comfortable living room style gathering spaces to relax and unwind before some of the best coastal views in all of Orange County.

Indulge in the fashionable side of coastal luxury at Fashion Island Hotel with all the diversions of Fashion Island, Orange County's iconic open - air shopping, dining and entertainment destination.

About Island Hotel Newport Beach Situated in Newport Center, the heart of Newport Beach and coastal Orange County, Island Hotel Newport Beach is a luxury coastal hotel offering breathtaking ocean, harbor and city views.

The awardee is Carolyn Mostello, a coastal waterbird specialist for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (Mass Wildlife) who has devoted her career to restoring populations of federally endangered roseate terns and other island nesting species in Buzzards Bay.

Mass Audubon successfully conserves additional land all the time — from stands of old growth forest in the Berkshires to coastal habitats on the Cape and islands to the precious salt marsh of the North Shore — and every type of habitat in between.

Creation of the wildlife sanctuary, situated between scenic Route 1A and Plum Island Sound, protects vulnerable coastal land from development and ensures the public will be able to explore and enjoy one of the most beautiful salt marsh and adjoining upland habitats in the state.

A sprawling federal initiative to strengthen Long Island against coastal storms is inching closer to becoming a reality even as doubts persist in the South Shore towns and villages that stand most to benefit from it.

Southold Town's Conservation Advisory Council is urging the Town Board to conduct a coastline study in the hopes of developing a plan for best practices in dealing with coastal erosion, particularly along the Long Island Sound.

Terrell has been doing archaeological and anthropological research in this coastal region of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world, since 1990.

Fears that climate change will erode progress McCarty is an organizer of a climate change conference taking place in Washington, D.C., this week that has brought together coastal American Indians and indigenous groups from the United States and its Pacific Island protectorates and territories.

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.

In his appearance on a sun - dappled beach at the Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia, Clinton outlined a new executive order that seeks to protect a bigger portion of the coastal shelf from fishing, drilling, and other activitieIn his appearance on a sun - dappled beach at the Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia, Clinton outlined a new executive order that seeks to protect a bigger portion of the coastal shelf from fishing, drilling, and other activitiein Virginia, Clinton outlined a new executive order that seeks to protect a bigger portion of the coastal shelf from fishing, drilling, and other activities.

ONE of the worst hurricane seasons on record has devastated marine and coastal ecosystems in the US Virgin Islands, says the World Wildlife Fund in Washington DC.

The study brings grim news for low - lying islands like Tuvalu in the South Pacific and coastal cities worldwide.

More recently, several island nations in the western Pacific and Indian oceans formed the Coral Triangle Initiative, adopting a 10 - year plan of action to avert growing threats to coral reefs, fish, coastal mangrove buffers and other marine resources across the region.

A total of fifteen adult alligators from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Guana River in coastal Florida were equipped with Crittercam.

Cycas nitida trees preferentially occupy gorgeous coastal habitats in the eastern Visayan Islands of the Philippines.

Named after Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted the birds in 1520, Magellanic penguins nest in burrows and under bushes in coastal Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands.

Around the world, from Alaska's remote North Slope to the island nations in the South Pacific, coastal communities are watching their shorelines slip away into the rising seas.

When marine biologist Sarah Fortune spotted bowhead whales rolling onto their backs in coastal waters near Canada's Baffin Island several summers ago, she was baffled.

Allstate, one of the largest residential property insurers on the east coast, elected not to renew 30,000 policies covering coastal properties in New York City, Long Island, Westchester County and Connecticut, and is considering reducing coastal area coverage in Massachusetts and along the Gulf.

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In a paper published August 17, 2017 in the journal PLOS ONE, an international team of researchers, led by Director Nicole Boivin of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, used new techniques to analyze ancient DNA and proteins from 496 bone samples from 22 island, coastal and inland sites in eastern AfricIn a paper published August 17, 2017 in the journal PLOS ONE, an international team of researchers, led by Director Nicole Boivin of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, used new techniques to analyze ancient DNA and proteins from 496 bone samples from 22 island, coastal and inland sites in eastern Africin the journal PLOS ONE, an international team of researchers, led by Director Nicole Boivin of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, used new techniques to analyze ancient DNA and proteins from 496 bone samples from 22 island, coastal and inland sites in eastern Africin eastern Africa.

To address this debate, the researchers analyzed bone samples from 22 sites in eastern Africa, in inland, coastal and island contexts.

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

McMurdo Station (77 ° 51»S, 166 ° 40 «E), the main U.S. station in Antarctica, is a coastal station at the southern tip of Ross Island, about 3,864 km (2,415 miles) south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1,360 km (850 miles) north of the South Pole.

Finally we are extremely grateful for the following people who participated in the coastal fieldwork for the Darwin Challenge Award: Sam Weber (Ascension Island Government), Nicola Weber (Ascension Island Government), Martin Collins (SMSG), Stephen Cartwright (SMSG), Wetjens Dimmlich (SMSG), Steve Brown (SMSG), Dion Poncet (SMSG), Juliet Hennequin (SMSG), Vladimir Laptikhovsky (SMSG), Lt Col. Simon Browning (British Forces South Atlantic Islands / SMSG), Sarah Browning (SMSG), Jerry Pierce (SMSG), Simon Morley (British Antarctic Survey), Alexander Arkhikpin (Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department), Zhanna Shcherbich (Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department), Peter Wirtz (Universidade do Algarve), Konstantinos Tsiamis (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research), Pieter van West (University of Aberdeen), Caz Young (Ascension Island Dive Club), and Jimmy Young (George Town, Ascension Island).

Photo: Meredith Schulte, Ph.D. student in evolutionary anthropology at WSU, is shown conducting research on spider populations inhabiting coastal sage scrub in Catalina Island, CA.

And improvements in coastal processes, the dynamics of coastal climate would represent improvements for the small island community.

To compensate partially for my participation in the hijacking of this thread, I point to how Rhode Island's coastal zone management (CZM) agency, the RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is addressing current and future sea - level rise (SLR).

Focuses on coastal and ocean acidification in the waters from Long Island Sound to the Scotian Shelf, including the coastal wasters of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

Focuses on coastal and ocean acidification in the waters south of Long Island, including the coastal waters of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.

Climate change is also seen as the primary driver of melting ice and rise in sea level that threatens to submerge coastal cities and island nations.

These lizards were spotted in the coastal areas of Mussau, but they could also live in the forested inner portions of the island, the authors note.

But sea vegetables (aka seaweeds) have been a staple in coastal regions around the globe — from Japan to Iceland, Ireland to the Pacific islands — for centuries, and for good reason.

A must - have in your casual wardrobe, this button - front shirt from Island Republic is woven in a luxuriously soft silk with an easygoing tropical print for a laid - back coastal vibe.

The duo met while studying fashion design in Cape Town, and were inspired by the colourful East African khanga cloth in rich, vibrant prints, and formed Lalesso after travelling to the remote island of Lamu, where coastal Swahili women wore the khanga cloth.

Perched in the tree tops of Vancouver Island's coastal rain forest are three spherical tree houses.

I'm Nancy and I live on a barrier island in Florida where I mix my love of French Country with my love of a casual coastal vibe.

Meanwhile, states like Rhode Island, Florida, Maryland and Georgia also appear in various «Top 5» lists — and interestingly, all of these are coastal states.

I am a retired professional man living in a coastal community close to Rainbow Beach and world famous Fraser Island.

A scientist stands in front of an ice - rich permafrost exposure in the coastal zone of Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada.

The movie, starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, was filmed throughout coastal Georgia, including Tybee Island, Wormsloe State Historic Site in Savannah, and the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta makes a special appearance.