Sentences with phrase «coastal seas often»

Shared field expeditions on the lakes and coastal seas often felt like holiday trips with friends.

Not exact matches

Sea - level rise is also threatening coastal water supplies, which often draw their freshwater from underground aquifers.

Excess amounts from human activities often end up in rivers, streams and coastal environments, causing algal blooms, loss of sea grass and low oxygen levels in the water, which can kill large numbers of fish and other organisms.

Pushed by the natural motion of wind and ocean currents — often over long distances — the litter is present in oceans worldwide, as well as in sea floor sediment and coastal sands.

Both Kelly and Chinowsky said coastal communities are significantly vulnerable to storm surge, rising sea levels and future storms — challenging geographic conditions augmented by their exposure to hurricanes and often sinking sediment beneath a city's foundation.

This legendary California manor sits at 1,600 feet above sea level; often just resting on the coastal fog.

For me though I just love the coastal walk and the views out to sea and often come here on a clear day with a packed lunch and enjoy watching the world go by.

A sea breeze, which is caused by the temperature and pressure difference between warm areas inland and the cool air over the ocean, often develops on warm summer days as well, increasing the on - shore flow pattern and maintaining a constant flow of marine stratus clouds onto the coastal areas.

In today's climate - change era, the only available housing such migrants are likely to find will be in vast and expanding shantytowns (or «informal settlements,» as they're euphemistically called), often located in floodplains and low - lying coastal areas exposed to storm surges and sea - level rise.

The close connection is represented in the many stories of the physical and social world passed on by ancestors — stories that often start out at sea and move closer to land — stories creating seascapes of islands, reefs, sandbars — and travel on to create the landscapes.8 They are evidenced in song and storylines, ceremonies, dance, art works, coastal shell middens, and many sacred sites, places and artefacts along the coastline of Australia.

For most leisure buyers, the coastal lifestyle — whether for permanent residence or holiday getaways — represents easygoing, fun living with sun and sea — free of traffic, pollution and the crime often associated with large cities.

Before air - conditioning, coastal residents would often take advantage of the sea breeze with a sleeping porch.