Stretching between Muir Beach and Muir Woods, the trail is a well - used thoroughfare for people visiting these popular sites, as well as an important part of the ecological corridor linking the ancient redwood forest and
the floodplain by the sea.
Our research suggests that the flake is the earliest securely - dated artefact from Turkey ever recorded and was dropped on
the floodplain by an early hominin well over a million years ago.»
Not exact matches
The National Flood Insurance Program Nearly 20,000 communities across the United States and its territories participate in the NFIP
by adopting and enforcing
floodplain management ordinances to reduce future flood damage.
By protecting and restoring rivers, wetlands and
floodplains within the Basin, environmental water holders and managers also help maintain strong communities and a productive economy.
This coordinated effort enables the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to manage water in the national interest
by improving the connectivity between the highly variable natural systems of the Murray - Darling Basin's rivers,
floodplains and wetlands.
The increases were linked to return flows from the inundated Chowilla
floodplain using The Living Murray environmental water, supported
by the concurrent delivery of Commonwealth environmental water through the main channel.
950 ML of Commonwealth environmental water was delivered
by Murray Darling Wetlands Working Group to the Carrs, Capitts, Bunberoo creeks system and Backwater Lagoon along the NSW Lower Murray
floodplain between Lock 9 and Lock 8 in autumn 2016.
The collaboration and participation in this project
by many people and agencies shows a strong commitment in this region to restore
floodplain health with Aboriginal people managing their country.»
When the city expanded the school in 1941 onto what had once been a slag heap, a complex of athletic fields girdled
by cottonwoods and elms bloomed in the
floodplain of the Rio Grande.
Joanne Stevens was one of about 15 protesters that entered the Southwest Community Center at a recent informational meeting on the
floodplain maps hosted
by FEMA.
The city of Syracuse has adopted new
floodplain maps released
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
But Thursday afternoon, after elected officials began contacting FEMA, the agency notified Onondaga County
by email that it putting on hold the new maps and did not know when changes to the
floodplains would become effective.
To see the revised Onondaga County
floodplain map created
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, click here and scroll down to Onondaga County.
In 2010, the value of property within the 100 - year
floodplain was $ 58.7 billion, according to a report
by Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller.
«Amazon
floodplains and river channels — maintained
by seasonal floods — promote nutrient cycling and high biological production, and support diverse biological communities as well as human populations with one of the highest per capita rates of fish consumption,» said Castello.
By contrast, much if not all of Brak sits above the
floodplain.
The areas are outside official
floodplains designated
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Floodplains help combat the effects of climate change
by storing carbon, Hogan said, lowering carbon levels in the atmosphere.
Huygens came to rest in what looked to be a
floodplain strewn with «stones» of water ice polished smooth
by flows of liquid methane, and it touched down with a crunch that suggested its slushy landing site was covered in a frozen glaze — a bit like crème brûlée.
Spencer Gulf Spencer Gulf was once a
floodplain lined with freshwater lagoons, according to the stories told
by the Narrangga people.
Following over a decade of preparation, the State of Saxony - Anhalt reactivated approximately 140 hectares of
floodplain here
by relocating the dike in 2006.
«The lower capacity of
floodplain forests to recover suggests that these areas can be trapped
by recurrent fires in an open vegetation state more easily than the uplands,» says Milena Holmgren of Wageningen University & Research and a coauthor of the study.
Based on estimated future land development in the country, the number of people in a 1 - in -100-year
floodplain zone will climb to 60 million
by 2050, and to 75 million
by 2100, the team reported.
Dr Simon Dixon continued: «Logjams contribute to slowing the flow
by backing up water and pushing it onto the
floodplain.
Using a digital terrain model of the landscape and a hydrological model simulation the scientists found that planting trees on the
floodplain and increasing the number of logjams, across 10 - 15 per cent of the total river length could reduce the peak height of a potential flood in the town
by 6 per cent once the trees had grown for 25 years.
A new field project, led
by SLAC researchers and the DOE Office of Legacy Management, is using X-ray techniques to target long - lived groundwater contamination (large dark brown area) at former uranium ore processing sites in the
floodplains of the upper Colorado River basin.
Even if exacerbated
by climate change, spring floods wouldn't be as serious of a problem if local governments hadn't allowed development in vulnerable
floodplains, Criss said.
Flooding is determined
by environmental factors, from climate change to overcrowding of
floodplains with habitation.
A Dutch - Texan team found that most Houston - area drowning deaths from Hurricane Harvey occurred outside the zones designated
by government as being at higher risk of flooding: the 100 - and 500 - year
floodplains.
From work
by Professor Thomas Madsen and Dr Beata Ujvari at Fogg Dam, as well as Dr Greg Brown's regular counts, we know that most of the big
floodplain goannas were killed
by trying to eat toads, within a year or so of the toads first arriving.
To the Matsés the streams,
floodplains and white - sand forests make up an ancestral territory that is shared
by the entire tribe.
In short, Faris notes, «
By talking about
floodplains and water shortages, Barnbrook was replacing the politically unpalatable — if openly stated — fear of foreigners with a more acceptable empathy for the environment.»
Redwood Creek is currently constrained
by a small bridge, the levee road, and the Muir Beach parking lot, which needs to be moved to connect it to its historic
floodplain for better salmon habitat and sediment transportation.
Built on a palm fringed island surrounded
by the Moremi's game - rich seasonal
floodplains overlooking Chief's Island.
Journeying in comfort and style
by train is the best way in which to fully appreciate Zambia's sublime scenery, which ranges from rough - hewn mountain plateaus to verdant
floodplains and from vast expanses of open grassland to terracotta - hued desert.
What may look barren upon the re-opening of Muir Beach will be a lush
floodplain of sedges, rushes, and rhizomatous grasses
by next year.
Originally the home of the Darug community, it was discovered
by Governor Phillip in the 18th Century, and was one of Australia's earliest colonial settlements The rich fertile
floodplains stretching along the Hawkesbury River provided then, and still today, much of Sydney's fresh produce.
Institute of Contemporary Art Baltimore presents
Floodplain, sculptural works
by Benjamin Kelley at the Icebox's Grey Area at the Crane Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A comprehensive risk assessment would determine flood hazard for individual structures
by modeling watershed and
floodplain characteristics at fine spatial scales; it would describe the varying levels of protection offered
by all elements of a flood protection system and mitigation measures; and it would account explicitly for uncertainties, including those related to current and future flood hazard, structure value and vulnerability, and the current and future performance of flood protection measures.
-- Marginal statistical shortcomings of couple's home situated on
floodplain or shoreline are revealed
by weather event significantly exaggerated
by climate effects;
The best way to protect communities from floods is
by restoring natural
floodplains, which act as buffers between floodwaters and homes, and protecting wetlands, which act like sponges, soaking up and filtering floodwaters.
The article features the important analysis of flood plain development
by Nicholas Pinter, a geologist at Southern Illinois University, most notably in his 2005 commentary in Science magazine titled «One Step Forward, Two Steps Back on U.S.
Floodplains.»
Think about
floodplains and tornado alleys and so on, and the energy and materials cost of rebuilding saved
by depopulating those areas.
Many
floodplains around the world are silt - filled millponds developed
by earlier generations of people who built their economies on water - power.
According to the now - infamous Stern report, 200 million people could be permanently displaced
by 2050, mostly due to rising sea levels (the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), those in the Arctic, and those living in coastal cities and
floodplains).
By invoking changes in weather, officials divert attention from the role of population growth,
floodplain development, national policies, and presidential discretion in contributing to trends in federal disaster costs related to floods.
Coastal areas,
floodplains, and water systems will all be affected
by the changing climate, and it is vital that we understand the potential effects of climate change so businesses, farmers, ranchers, and the entire Nation can prepare for them now.
The last two decades have seen a progressive policy shift towards programs to give «room for rivers» (Rohde et al. 2006; Opperman et al. 2009), aimed to increase the storage space of rivers
by restoring
floodplains and thus reducing the flood depth
by spreading floodwaters over wider areas.
One - third of all U.S. counties in the Lower 48 states will face water shortages
by midcentury;
floodplains will grow
by an average of 50 percent, perhaps doubling in size along the East and Gulf coasts; and extreme rainfall will become far more likely.
Luxury apartments to be used for 10 days
by athletes In the next two years, Delhi's government will irrevocably alter 118 acres of formerly protected public lands on the ecologically - sensitive
floodplains of the Yamuna River, in order to build «prestige projects» and luxury apartments that will house athletes for a mere 10 days, to the tune of Rs. 1.8 to 4.2 crores each (1 crore = 10 million or US $ 387,000 to 903,000).