Sentences with phrase «documenting coastal erosion»

In 2003, she sued the organizers of California Coastal Records Project, a group documenting coastal erosion in the state using aerial photographs, because one of their helicopter snaps included views of the singer - songwriter - actress - filmmaker's Malibu home.

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For instance, researchers may have a limited time to survey coastal archaeological sites threatened by erosion, to sample melting ice sheets holding clues to past climates, and to document so - called thermokarst lakes, which are formed by meltwater from permafrost.

«As an archaeologist who studies Arctic and Subarctic coastal peoples, erosion associated with intense storm activity, loss of permafrost, rising sea levels, and increasing human activity is devastating to comprehend; however, this study not only documents those processes, but provides a means to examine their highly variable impacts that, hopefully, can lead to constructive ways to prioritize research and mitigate destructive processes in this extremely important region.»

There are only a couple of studies documenting long - term trends in coastal erosion rates in this chunk of Arctic.