Sentences with phrase «experiencing sea level increases»

Scientists are unraveling the reasons why some parts of the world are experiencing sea level increases far beyond the global average.

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For example, the Northeast is already experiencing increases in severe rains and higher - than - average sea - level rise.

The region also experienced the highest rates of sea - level rise over the world, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.

Channel Islands NMS Teacher At Sea The mission of NOAA's Teacher at Sea (TAS) program is to give teachers a clearer insight into our ocean planet, a greater understanding of maritime work and studies, and to increase their level of environmental literacy by fostering an interdisciplinary research experience.

The paper was entitled «Tuvalu not Experiencing Increased Sea Level Rise» which gives a general idea of the content.

Temperatures and sea level rise that are experiencing accelerating rates of increase have, in fact, done no such thing but rather have flattened.

coral cover was positively correlated with the mean sea level experienced over the preceeding months... the overall picture for these shallow reefs is a positive one as they respond to increasing sea level and show rapid recovery from environmental disturbances.

* 20 to 30 % of plant and animal species likely to be at increased risk of extinction * many millions more people than today projected to experience floods every year due to sea level rise * increases in malnutrition; increased deaths, diseases and injury due to extreme weather events; increased burden of diarrhoeal diseases; increased frequency of cardio - respiratory diseases due to higher concentrations of ground - level ozone in urban areas * hundreds of millions of people exposed to increased water stress

As sea levels rise, the Chesapeake Bay region is expected to experience an increase in coastal flooding and drowning of estuarine wetlands.

«[C] ommunities across the Nation are already experiencing a range of climatic changes, including more frequent and extreme precipitation events, longer wildfire seasons, reduced snowpack, extreme heat events, increasing ocean temperatures, and rising sea levels,» the report says.

What it means Although some regions have recently experienced much greater rates of sea level rise, such as the Arctic (3.6 mm / yr) and Antarctic (4.1 mm / yr), with the mid-1980s even exhibiting a rate of 5.3 mm / yr (Holgate, 2007), this newest analysis of the most comprehensive data set available suggests that there has been no dramatic increase — or any increase, for that matter — in the mean rate of global sea level rise due to the historical increase in the atmosphere's CO2 concentration.

Our nation's coasts and adjacent communities are already experiencing enormous impacts from a changing climate through sea level rise, increased storm activity, and an acidifying ocean.

The social foundations of children's mental and physical health and well - being are threatened by climate change because of: effects of sea level rise and decreased biologic diversity on the economic viability of agriculture, tourism, and indigenous communities; water scarcity and famine; mass migrations; decreased global stability46; and potentially increased violent conflict.47 These effects will likely be greatest for communities already experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.48

Brief Communications Arising, Nature 430, (15 July 2004)- Eschenbach, W. Tuvalu Not Experiencing Increased Sea Level Rise, Energy & Environment, Volume 15, Number 3, 1 July 2004, pp. 527 - 543 - Eschenbach, W. Willis Eschenbach

Coastal Flooding to Increase in Less Obvious Areas In case you need a closer to home example (and one note as obvious as the Mississippi Delta...): An assessment of the impact of sea level rise on New York City showed that by 2080 coastal flooding which historically had been experienced every 10 years, would now occur every 3, and the statistical «once in a century» storm would more likely become the «once every 10 - 35 years» storm.

As Secretary Kerry noted, Virginia's Hampton Roads area, experiencing increasing coastal flooding due to sea level rise, is a microcosm of the bigger risks facing our nation and world.