Sentences with phrase «coastal protection»

Her postdoc work includes scenario planning, land use change modelling, impact assessments, and development of conservation goals and priorities for coastal protection and restoration for the Great Barrier Reef coastal zone.

It could include environmental and coastal protections in the overall scope of the project without the temptation to cut safety corners to pad the corporate bottom line.

It produces waves as high as 4.5 meters that researchers will use to study and improve coastal protection systems.

They provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as coastal protection from storms and nursery grounds for fish.

She has obtained permits and state lands approvals for hotels, beach construction, coastal protection structures, and marina projects.

While the global potential impacts of coastal flood damage and land loss on human settlements in the 21st century are substantial, these impacts can be reduced substantially through coastal protection.

At a minimum, some type of coastal protection for important areas likely to be inundated by rising seas.

«There is no «one size fits all» solution when it comes to what is best for a community in providing coastal protection from flooding,» said Bamford.

The premier's inaction on coastal protection left us vulnerable, and she's too quick to accept today's start on adequate spill response as assurance that it won't happen again,» Horgan said.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started coastal protection work in Long Beach that could lead to partial beach closures through the summer, agency officials said.

By testing in the lab the effect of water type, contaminants, or the presence of different species of animals and bacteria, they may be able to translate these findings to the wild, and explain why juvenile pillar corals are missing in certain areas, helping to support local coastal protection.

«The effects will be seen worldwide, threatening food security, reducing coastal protection and damaging the local economies that may be least able to tolerate it.

The Surfrider Foundation, the leading grassroots coastal protection group in the U.S., today announced the addition of Eddie Anaya as Marketing Director for the organization.

In response to the BP drilling disaster, we specifically urge you to establish a presidential drilling moratorium which would permanently restore coastal protections for areas currently not leased for off shore oil and gas drilling, and cancel exploratory drilling permits for the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.

Coral reef structural complexity provides important coastal protection from waves under rising sea levels.

«When making coastal protection decisions, it's important to recognize that built infrastructure only provides benefits when storms are approaching, but natural and hybrid systems provide additional benefits, including opportunities for fishing and recreation, all the time,» said Ariana Sutton - Grier, Ph.D., the study's lead author, member of the research faculty at University of Maryland and NOAA's National Ocean Service ecosystem science adviser.

The Governor also outlined the need for improvements in wastewater systems, increased coastal protection, reevaluation of home construction, rebuilding communities, and emergency preparedness.

«Countries need to take action and invest in coastal protection measures, such as building or raising dikes, amongst other options,» urges Hinkel.

«Hybrid approaches, using both built and natural infrastructure, often provide more cost - effective flood risk reduction options and alternatives for communities when there is not enough space to use natural coastal protection alone.»

Engineers have begun developing so - called nature - based coastal protection, such as willow forests, to absorb the power of waves.

Delta Flume, a facility that produces the world's largest man - made waves to study and improve coastal protection systems, opened in Delft.

Existing sand transport models are not precise enough to accurately determine how much sand has to be nourished into which sites to achieve optimal coastal protection.

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.

Sea ice also provides crucial coastal protection in the Arctic, hunting grounds for local tribes, and habitats for creatures from polar bears to seals.

Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses are critical along the world's coasts, supporting coastal water quality, healthy fisheries, and coastal protection against floods and storms.

But if steady investments are made in seawalls and other coastal protections, vulnerability could be sharply reduced.

The Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts are most vulnerable to the loss of coastal protection services provided by wetlands and coral reefs.

«We are excited to partner with Sanuk to ramp up coastal protection along the Santa Barbara coast and beyond,» said Dr. Chad Nelsen, CEO of the Surfrider Foundation.

New Yerba Mate company supports mission of leading grassroots coastal protection organization to protect the ocean, waves and beaches for the future

Such a conclusion had nothing to do with the story at hand and presupposed that it was beyond the means and minds of «coastal communities» a century hence to move themselves away from the shore or build coastal protection.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, seeks damages from the five largest publicly - traded oil companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell — to help pay for the city's work adapting to climate change, including coastal protections and upgrading its sewer system.

This has motivated a number of authors to search for already existing accelerations in observations, which would be, if present, vital for coastal protection planning purposes.

And before that she worked at the American Geophysical Union, the Environmental Protection Agency in the oceans and coastal protection division, and the White House Council on Environmental Quality to develop and advance the National Ocean Policy.

Andy Bicking, Scenic Hudson's director of public policy, who oversaw creation of the report, echoed Scenic Hudson's pledge to collaborate on strengthening coastal protections for the Hudson River.

Costs of coastal protection versus costs of land - use relocation; potential for movement of populations and infrastructure; also see tropical cyclones above

In May, for example, Politico reported that the billionaire's application for permission to erect coastal protection at his seaside golf resort, Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland, in County Clare, explicitly cited the consequences of global warming as the main justification for building the sea wall.

The country needs more than ever to be sure of coastal protection offered by forests like those found in the Sundarbans.

On December 1st, the organization successfully achieved this milestone when the Obama administration announced that it would ban new offshore drilling in the continental United States for the next seven years; capping a two - year effort by the Foundation to restore coastal protection lost in 2008.

According to the draft of the fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report,... the king tides have exposed a need for better coastal protection and long - term planning to potentially relocate half the 4000 people living on the islands.

Following Hurricane Sandy, Cuomo worked to enhance New York's emergency management resources and improve coastal protection.

In any way substantial investment into long - term local coastal protection will be required if we want to avoid a stepwise abandonment of coastal areas.»

«The effects will be seen worldwide, threatening food security, reducing coastal protection and damaging the local economies that may be least able to tolerate it,» Rees warned.

«Communities are making decisions on coastal protection every day,» says Oppenheimer.

We continue to work toward our goal of coastal protection in a professional and organized manner, always well within charitable guidelines and IRS guidelines, thanks to the generous donations of our supporters.

This is important both for the reef and the land, they cultivate the sea grass which acts as a nursery for many fish species but also provide coastal protection from storms and tsunamis.

«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.»

VICTORIA — «The National Oceans Protection Plan announced today is a start toward «world - leading» coastal protection and oil spill response, but details are still vague and Premier Christy Clark is too quick to accept the federal plan as enough to meet the concerns of people in B.C., New Democrat leader John Horgan said today.