Sentences with phrase «from coastal flooding»
Our electricity system is at risk today from coastal flooding.
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Many million more people are projected to be at risk from coastal flooding due to sea level rise, especially in densely populated and low - lying settlements which already face other challenges, such as tropical storms.
A team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now provides a method to quantify monetary losses from coastal floods under sea - level rise.
«We're interested in getting a good quantitative understanding of the extreme water levels we can expect from coastal flooding.»
«A fundamental rethinking of our built environment,» and the long - term modifications that might be needed to protect New York City from coastal flooding, «is a massive, massive undertaking,» Cuomo said yesterday.
«Climate change may increase the burden of mortality from coastal flooding, but the impacts are highly uncertain and depend crucially on adequate coastal defenses and disaster preparedness,» the report adds.
The «social cost of carbon» was developed in large part to compare long - term costs from coastal flooding and other impacts of emissions of climate - warming carbon dioxide with upfront costs to the economy from curbing the burning of fossil fuels, the main source of such emissions.
Recent changes are beginning to have effects, for instance mountain settlements are at risk of floods due to melting glaciers, the growing season in the Sahelian region of Africa is shortening, and damage from coastal flooding is increasing.
The UN has estimated that if oceans rise at least one meter, islands like Antigua in the Caribbean will sustain «149 multi-million dollar tourism resorts damaged or lost» from coastal flooding fueled by sea level rise, the UK newspaper The Independent reported.
The number of people at risk from coastal flooding could reach between 268 million and 286 million in 2030, globally (scenarios B and C, respectively).
The results show the importance of taking land subsidence into account when calculating the risk from coastal flooding, the researchers say.
From coastal flooding to wildfires and tornadoes, the unpredictable weather puts every home at risk.