Sentences with phrase «coastal systems»

We also show that biodiversity conservation can be an effective path toward recovery of coastal systems.

The capture and release of carbon dioxide is difficult to study in coastal systems because of their diverse and variable nature.

In the B1 world, marginal areas (e.g., semi-arid lands) become more marginal, with moderate impacts on coastal systems (Thornton et al., 2006; see Chapter 5, Section 5.4.2).

Atlantic Sand Assessment Project — To help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, promote resilient coastal systems, and help build a national offshore sand inventory, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored offshore surveys to identify new sources of sand in federal waters from Miami, Florida to Massachusetts in 2015 and several site specific surveys in 2016 and 2017.

Forests, alpine ecosystems, inland freshwater and wetlands, as well as coastal systems are identified as the most threatened Asia - Pacific ecosystems.

«If we take the whole coastal system (the parts you can see once the water recedes like the beaches, dunes, and back - barrier areas, as well as the parts you can not see under the water) most likely Harvey caused some areas to loose sediment and others to gain,» says Figlus.

«Finally, we are developing hybrid coastal structure concepts that involve covering a traditional storm protection hard structure like a levee, dike, or T - Wall with a sand dune cover to harness the benefits of both systems and provide aesthetic coastal systems at the same time that can function as regular dunes.»

Ripple Effect Ecotours is proud and excited to offer comprehensive ecological and cultural kayak tours through this biologically rich and beautiful coastal system.

I've been watching intertidal coastal systems much more than coral reefs, but there the story is interesting.

Also included was the need to enhance local and regional management practices to identify and reduce the primary drivers of high - carbon coastal system degradation, as well as the requirement to enhance international recognition of coastal carbon ecosystems.

Topics of discussion regarding science for integrated management of coastal and shelf processes included natural variability of the coastal zone in space and time, experimental management, potential roles of different species, assemblages and habitats in coastal systems, effects of changing nutrient regimes, and perturbations of food - web dynamics.

Estuaries and coastal systems are thought to be a relatively small source of atmospheric methane, as little as 3 %.

That glacier is a coastal system that flows into the Gulf of Alaska.

Loose material from the slope beneath the road is still contributing sand to the coastal system.

At a hearing on the California Air Resources Board Request for a Waiver of Preemption, Peter Gleick testified before the California Environmental Protection Agency on May 30, 2007 regarding the impacts of climate change on California's water resouces and coastal systems.

Based on the A1FI scenario, both the HadCM3 and ECHAM4 GCMs agree on areas of change in the coastal systems of southern and eastern Africa (Figure 9.4).

The research activities of the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz - Zentrum Geesthacht - Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG) span both the natural and human dimensions of coastal dynamics, analysing the coastal system in global and regional contexts, conducting assessments of the state and sensitivity of the coastal system to natural and human influences, and developing scenarios of future coastal options.

Widespread human development in many of these areas further compromises the coastal system's natural integrity, simultaneously augmenting erosion and forfeiting inherent resiliency.

Together this coordination and expanded knowledge inform a more advanced and finer - scaled, regionally detailed assessment of interactions between human and natural systems, allowing more detailed consideration of sectors of interest to Working Group II such as water resources, ecosystems, food, forests, coastal systems, industry, and human health.

• Coastal systems and low - lying areas — As the sea level rises, coastal systems and low - lying areas are increasingly experiencing submergence, coastal flooding, and coastal erosion.

Per square kilometre, total carbon deposits in coastal systems may be up to five times the carbon stored in tropical forests, due to their ability to sequester carbon at rates up to 50 times those of the same area of tropical forest.

Up to 2 percent of coastal systems are being destroyed or degraded each year - approximately four times the estimated tropical forest loss.

«It's especially valuable for anticipating the evolution of coastal systems,» he says, «in which more than half the world's population now lives.»