Sentences with phrase «frequent damaging storms»

While many in the GOP dispute whether climate change is even happening, Chris Gibson of New York's 19th district says too - frequent damaging storms in his district are enough evidence that we've entered a «new normal.»

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Engineers dealing with frequent «100 - year storms» can't talk about «climate - change» when discussing their storm - related infrastructure damage issues because the Rubios of the world shout them down!

Rising seas, increased damage from storm surge and more frequent bouts of extreme heat will have «specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity,» it says.

The signature effects of human - induced climate change — rising seas, increased damage from storm surge, more frequent bouts of extreme heat — all have specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity.

When the intensity of storms becomes more frequent, coral skeletons are likely to become more susceptible to breakage under ocean acidification and therefore more susceptible to storm damage.

For example, for 2020 through 2039, one study estimated between $ 4 billion and $ 6 billion in annual coastal property damages from sea level rise and more frequent and intense storms.

The LA - 1 project in coastal Louisiana received a $ 66 million TIFIA loan in 2005 for the first phase of a plan to replace an existing highway in need of repair due to subsidence, erosion, and frequent storm damage with a new tolled limited - access elevated facility.

The existing LA 1 required replacement because of subsidence, erosion, and frequent storm damage.

this has always seemed so pitifully obvious: storms don't have to be more powerful or more frequent; there just has to be more stuff built in storm - prone areas to get blown and flooded away, and the cost of the damage necessarily increases accordingly.

Studies show droughts could become longer and more frequent, coastal storms more damaging, and forest fires more expansive.

Record - breaking temperatures, melting ice on land and sea, more frequent coastal flooding, prolonged droughts, and damaging storms are just some of the intensifying risks we face as our globe continues to warm.

The conclusion: without a major drop in emissions combined with a coordinated effort to prepare for more storms, the U.S. power sector will be in for more frequent disasters that exceed the damage from Sandy.

In Enterprise, the weather - related threats can also cause an increase in rates, with frequent storms causing wind and water damage to many homes.

Even without epic storms, Horton said climate - related sea level increases can cause massive problems for coastal areas because it increases frequent flooding, which causes erosion, contaminates drinking water supplies and aquifers, damages farmland and decreases habitat for fisheries, wildlife and plants.