Sentences with phrase «devastate coastal infrastructure»

At less than 1 ˚C we are on the way to triggering a multi-metre sea - level rise that will devastate coastal infrastructure, delta peasant - farming communities and some of the world's biggest cities.

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Rossetto's research aims to understand how tsunamis behave as they sweep ashore and how to make coastal infrastructure more resistant to their devastating effects.

Sea level rise is likely to devastate infrastructure along the coastlines, but it will also have a significant impact on freshwater and the economies that are tied to coastal infrastructure, which go far inland in many countries.