Sentences with phrase «for coastal»

For coastal communities, the social, economic, and physical scars left behind by major hurricanes are devastating.

Enhance protections for coastal and freshwater wetlands and advance implementation of other «natural barriers» (e.g. oyster reefs, sea grass, dunes) to protect communities from storm surges and rising waters.

Separately, sea level rise has elevated and dramatically extended the storm surge driven by hurricanes - the main driver of damage for coastal regions.

Schwarzenegger also signed SB 562, a measure that would allocate $ 5.3 m for coastal salmon and steelhead restoration projects.

In addition to broadening applications to include measurements of terrestrial water, the synthetic aperture radar - interferometric technology of SWOT will provide much higher resolution measurements for studies of ocean eddies and measurements very near land for coastal applications.

The same may also be the case for tolerance to external pH conditions for coastal species, although intertidal species show varied and sometimes positive responses to reduced pH [33,34].

My drive up to McKibben's house in central Vermont coincides with the first lashes of Winter Storm Nemo, an extreme climate event for coastal New England.

«Since more than 70 percent of shipping traffic takes place within 250 miles of the coastline, this is a significant health concern for coastal communities,» said lead study author Daniel Lack, a researcher with the NOAA - supported CU Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences based at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder.

Rising sea levels are a concern, especially for coastal cities.

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto has also been proactive in advocacy for coastal Alaskan villages suffering from global warming as well as implementation of a «green» purchasing policy.

This suggests that risk assessment is needed for all coastal cities in the southern and southeastern U.S.... The southeastern U.S needs to begin planning to match the increased risk of category - 5 hurricanes.

Not only does it shed light on important information about the species, but also brings to the forefront yet another vitally important role mangroves play for coastal ecosystems.

This suggests that risk assessment is needed for all coastal cities in the southern and southeastern U.S. for category 5 storms, and for the more northern cities (e.g. New York City) probably for category 3 storms (note the categorical risk for coastal cities at higher latitudes needs to be assessed using typhoon data from the Pacific).

Calculations to resolve the anthropogenic component of CO2 are remarkably difficult for the coastal ocean, where the assumptions of the various methods (Sabine and Tanhua 2010) are not met, thereby precluding a direct calculation of the effect of anthropogenic CO2 on observed trends in coastal pH. Calculations based on mixing between an open - ocean end - member displaying the trajectories predicted from OA and the freshwater end - member are also unreliable because pH and the carbon system do not necessarily behave conservatively within the coastal zone and because the freshwater end - member may also shift into the future.

Creating emergency infrastructure and evacuation plans for coastal populations, hydroponics / aeroponics / hydroculture development to grow food in sheltered environments regardless of climate, and guarding against widespread damage to power systems and communications.

And for coastal cities, restoring wetlands and / or offshore areas can remove carbon from the air all while protecting the city (from extreme weather events and sea level rise) and providing outdoor recreation areas.

These included enhancing national and international research efforts, such as developing inventory and accounting methodologies for coastal carbon and conducting carbon inventories.

[Translate] Chris McDermott NASA Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency Wednesday for coastal...

Extreme sea weather conditions increase risks for fish stocks and pose higher socio - economic risk and environmental cost for coastal cities, infrastructures, and maritime industries.

Since that time, for coastal properties, the revenues set aside have increased based on this expierence.

Next, because SST can drive temps for coastal stations and because the regression does not extract this, there will be stations where the local detail is wrong.

What kind of emphasis should be put on trying to re-naturalize river systems and coastal areas, i.e. building wetlands, removing dams that prevent sediment from reaching barrier islands etc., and could this practice actually be better for coastal areas as opposed to hard infrastructure?

Furthermore, ocean and atmospheric scientists are interested in how storm - driven waves and surges combine with tides to affect the potential for coastal flooding and the rate of coastal erosion.

Craig, I do not think that they used an algorithm that accounted for coastal sloping as they were monitoring deep ocean.

But with 230 feet of potential sea level rise on the table, it doesn't take a whole lot more melting for a coastal city to be okay in one set of assumptions, and under water in another.

«Wetland restoration provides a wealth of benefits including storm surge reduction, habitat preservation, carbon sequestration and recreation; as well as job creation, and economic development that are vital to Louisiana's sustainability and resilience,» states Michael Hecht, President & CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc. «By innovating creative financing solutions for coastal restoration, local companies like Tierra Resources are contributing to the growing hub of Emerging Environmental expertise that can be found in Greater New Orleans.»

If forecasters were to achieve their goals, it would mean that they could issue hurricane watches and warnings with greater lead time, provide emergency management officials with greater specificity regarding where a storm is going to go and how strong it will be when it gets there, and help avoid false alarms and needless evacuations, which cost millions in lost revenue for coastal communities.

Over East Antarctica, most of the reconstructions and the station data are in agreement, showing near - zero trends for coastal East Antarctica and some positive trends inland, around Vostok and the South Pole.

Hopefully the TCA will finally get the picture that their plans are neither appropriate for our coastal watersheds nor in the interests of the region or state,» said Surfrider Foundation Coastal Preservation Manager Mark Rauscher.

That would make it much harder for coastal cities like Miami, which is already seen as the U.S. city most vulnerable to climate change, to adapt in time.

It was Bill who showed the world that spatial management and exclusion areas could work environmentally and ultimately economically for coastal communities.

The new study prompted a lapse into Ciceronian prose from the New York Times and an instant revision to sea level rise projection maps for coastal cities worldwide, with many observers noting that, at current effort levels, humanity is veering dangerously close to the worst - case scenario.

Her organization's current target is for coastal countries to convert 10 percent of their waters into MPAs.

Should it disappear, it could require a re-write of sea level rise plans for coastal cities worldwide.

And Trump is not merely working to thwart both domestic and global climate action, he slashes funding for coastal adaptation in his latest budget.

Read the latest from RFF experts on developing adaptation strategies for coastal ecosystems and agriculture, household demand for flood insurance and NFIP reform options, possibilities for state and regional carbon pricing policies, and more.

This is especially the case for coastal waters, where the impact of the water that flows into the sea is huge, not only in terms of weight, but also in terms of the currents they cause.

6: Adapting to climate change: Building interactive decision support to meet management objectives for coastal conservation and hazard mitigation on Long Island, New York, USA.

About a week ago, the weather forecast models suggested a strong storm developing off the east coast of the U.S. Subsequent forecasts were issued for catastrophic snowfall amounts for the coastal northeast U.S., including New York City.

This has resulted in worsening tidal flooding for coastal cities like Miami, Charleston, New Orleans and Virginia Beach.

Sea level rise, combined with coastal storms, has increased the risk of erosion, storm surge damage, and flooding for coastal communities, especially along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic seaboard, and in Alaska.

Such an overall trend including outlier risks paints a relatively rough picture for coastal city planners in the 1 - 3 decade timeframe.

This has motivated a number of authors to search for already existing accelerations in observations, which would be, if present, vital for coastal protection planning purposes.

Meanwhile, funds for coastal defenses like planting mangrove forests and pumping in sand to re-nourish beaches are difficult to procure.

Compounding the risk for coastal communities, Asia has more than 90 % of the global population exposed to tropical cyclones.

So far, events such as the 1998 mass coral bleaching in the Indian Ocean have not provided evidence of negative short - term bio-economic impacts for coastal reef fisheries (Spalding and Jarvis, 2002; Grandcourt and Cesar, 2003).

Your challenge is to create tools and provide information so communities can prepare for coastal inundation.

This featured challenge of the International Space Apps Challenge is to create tools and provide information so communities can prepare for coastal floods.

The main focus of the CIFDP is to facilitate the development of efficient forecasting and warning systems for coastal inundation based on robust science and observations.

The Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA) brings together more than 40 marine related institutions from twenty - five countries in Africa (below) to address the challenges faced in accessing data and information for coastal management: