Sentences with phrase «for coastal regions»

Rising sea levels as a major impact of climate change pose a risk for coastal regions — the mean regional sea level rise takes effect by more frequent and more intense coastal flood events.

Large bodies of water act like a buffer for coastal regions.

This phenomenon in seasonal variation is reflected in the maritime disaster events recorded for coastal regions of southeastern China and landfall locations of tropical cyclones during the Qing Dynasty.

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

Damages from extreme events like floods are even more relevant than the mean sea level itself when it comes to the costs of climate impacts for coastal regions.

«This would be disastrous for coastal regions and displace hundreds of millions of people worldwide.»

They are hoping that Canada and Denmark, which still partly governs Greenland, will develop a particularly aggressive conservation plan for a coastal region in the Arctic, stretching from northern Greenland west to Banks Island in Canada, that is likely to be a haven for bears should sea ice continue its summertime retreat elsewhere up north.

Mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet for coastal regions below 2000 metres (top) and interior regions above 2000 metres (bottom).

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