Sentences with phrase «coastal settlements in»

These include such actions as driving species to extinction and adding long - lived greenhouse gases to the atmosphere in ways that have few impacts now, but could disrupt climate patterns, ocean ecosystems and coastal settlements in decades to come.

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Her findings indicate that harvests in coastal regions of the northern Levant were little affected by drought; but further inland, drought lead to the need for irrigation or, in extreme cases, abandonment of the settlement.

They traded fruit and cotton grown inland for seafood caught by fishermen in smaller coastal settlements.

The coastal province of KwaZulu Natal has just about everything — historical battlefields, architecture and memorials, first world shopping malls, Victorian - cottage shabby - chic suburban living, tribal settlements in rural areas, towering basalt mountains, warm seas, world - class wetlands, wildlife game reserves, hiking and snorkelling opportunities, vibrant markets, an annual sardine run, and a strong Indian, Zulu and colonial influence.

Archaeological studies conducted in the 1980's recognized the coastal reaches of the Bacalar region once supported several trading, agricultural and fishing settlements established by the ancient Maya; and the area has intermittently been utilized by settlers from colonial times to the present day.

These groups tend to live in particular parts of the country, with the north and west being largely Spanish and Indian areas, Belize City and the adjacent coastal and riverine settlements predominantly Creole.

Situated in Prevelly Park (Margaret Rivers coastal settlement — tem kilometres west of the town) and right next door to world famous surf beaches, yet only minutes walk to safe swimming beaches, these houses will warmly welcome you to relax in their private, quiet surroundings.

In the works for about five years, the rat eradication plan is one of many coastal restoration efforts funded by a $ 9.1 - million settlement with BP America stemming from the 1990 American Trader oil spill off Huntington Beach.

Hopkins Village is a coastal fishing settlement in eastern Belize that is known for their tourist hospitality and drumming celebrations.

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England and is the largest settlement in Dorset, lying directly east from the Jurassic Coast — a 95 - mile World Heritage Site.

According to the latest science, in most cases (outside of extreme heat waves) the connections between today's extreme weather events and human - driven climate change range from weak (hurricanes) to nil (tornadoes)-- and the dominant driver of losses in such events is fast - paced development or settlement in places with fundamental climatic or coastal vulnerability.

When you combine the possibility (if not probability) of severely intensified hurricanes in 2050 with the unlikelihood that coastal settlement patterns will change much, you do indeed get something related to AGW that needs to be factored into the mix.

The Vikings did farm, but they farmed in two settlements in limited coastal fringes, and it was worse - than - subsistence farming (because the farming and building eroded the fragile top - soil).

Climate variability and change could result in low - lying lands being inundated, with resultant impacts on coastal settlements (high confidence).

Sea - level changes are of special significance, not only for the low - lying atoll islands but for many high islands where settlements, infrastructure and facilities are concentrated in the coastal zone.

UWA research has concluded that large - scale solar plants in the wheatbelt could power the states populous coastal settlements.

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 risIn 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 risin 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 risin floodplains and low - lying coastal areas exposed to storm surges and sea - level rise.

To gather data in these remote coastal settlements, researchers employed local residents to oversea the daily turtle catch.

Extreme weather events associated with climate change pose particular challenges to human settlements, because assets and populations in both developed and developing countries are increasingly located in coastal areas, slopes, ravines and other risk - prone regions (Freeman and Warner, 2001; Bigio, 2003; UN-Habitat, 2003).

Another body of evidence suggests that human settlements, coastal and otherwise, are affected by climate change - related shifts in precipitation.