Sentences with phrase «in tidal areas»

There may also be seals or sea lions swimming in the tidal areas of the river and black bears feeding along the shoreline.

The small fish, which uses its front fins and tail to move on land, lives in tidal areas near shore, spending time in the water and on sandy and muddy surfaces.

«The model developed by Calle et al. makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the factors that drive the abundance of herons and egrets in tidal areas,» according to John Brzorad of Lenoir - Rhyne University, an expert on egret ecology.

Not exact matches

«The current costs just for diking upgrades for the tidal areas of the river and for adjacent coastal reaches required by 2100 are in range of $ 9 billion,» said Matt Pitcairn, the Manager of Policy and Communications at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce and the report's co-author.

Hopefully in the next couple weeks, it'll really start to bloom and the tidal basin area will be full of pretty pink flowers!

The city also plans to open a new tidal wetlands area, dubbed «The Cove,» in the summer between Canal and Water streets and start work on the next phase of their Stapleton Waterfront Development site, Torres - Springer said.

This tidal signal may help to identify areas that are likely to experience a huge earthquake in coming years, says Maya Tolstoy at Columbia University in New York City.

On foot Pruthu and his team immediately began mapping the affected area and collecting information on the severity of the damage in the portion of the park closest to the sea, a sector known as Block I, where an area about 10 miles long had suffered the brunt of the tidal wave.

Tidal wetlands and estuaries, despite being the smallest ecosystems in the study domain at 2.4 percent and 9 percent of the area, respectively, buried the majority of the region's carbon, the team found.

Published in Science in 2010, the earlier study found that the shape of one area of unusual topography on the moon, the lunar farside highlands, was consistent with the effects of tidal heating during the formation of the crust.

The team combined a computer model with 100 years of observations to tease out the fact that global sea - level rise is increasing the tidal range, or the distance between the high and low tides, in many areas throughout each bay.

The analysis showed that one meter of sea - level rise increased the tidal range by up to 20 percent in some areas.

The result is a huge increase in tidal range in less - protected areas.

City records state that it is one of the only lasting remains of a tidal wetland that once existed in the area.

We also monitor marine debris in the sandy beach and tidal habitats of our coastal MPAs to gauge whether human use of these areas may have negative impacts.

On the windward coast, tidal range is 15 - 18 inches on exposed areas, less on the leeward side, and 0 - 6 inches in the lagoons.

In the middle of the passage between Sumba and Flores there are one of the richest currents running through the area and a huge tidal flow.

This secluded tidal pool offers protection from the often stormy Atlantic Ocean and this is where you will find the Boat House where you can swim in the Atlantic Ocean at high tide in lukewarm water, or stroll down to the beach, a mere 50m away and sit and wait for low tide to catch fresh crayfish to be enjoyed with a glass of white wine from the area.

There are also many times when the tidal currents are weaker and then divers of all abilities can experience almost all of the diving sites in the area.

This Marina is a floating dock system in a naturally protected area with less than an 18 inch tidal change.

Accessible at low tides, this area is a protected marine wildlife sanctuary with starfish, crab and other animals residing in the tidal pools.

The Los Angeles — based artist selected locations in the San Francisco Bay Area that are emblematic of distinct urban - redevelopment episodes: Islais Landing, a former tidal bog that once served as a sewage channel and slaughterhouse dumping ground; San Francisco City Hall, a Beaux Arts monument whose harmonious proportions and massive domed rotunda are meant to pique municipal pride (and good civic behavior); and Pacific Shores Center, a 106 - acre, 1.7 - millionsquare - foot corporate complex, planned during the dot - com glut of the late 1990s and built on marshland south of the city.

It would also raise the risk of tidal flooding, and in areas that are expected to see an increase in rainfall, flash flooding and river flooding would compound the flood risk associated with coastal waters.

The heads of the two agencies have agreed, in broad terms, that the FERC would have the authority to license ocean wave and tidal energy projects while the interior department would issue the final permits for solar and wind projects in areas beyond the state waters.

The internal tidal energy in one tidal period going through an area perpendicular to the direction of propagation is called the energy flux and is measured in Watts / m 2 -LCB- \ displaystyle ^ -LCB- 2 -RCB--RCB-.

As these processes are occurring in areas across the world, it will mistakenly introduce a «global sea level rise» bias into estimates constructed from tidal gauges.

He is also a leader in the study and development of renewable energy, having been instrumental in the filing of the first permits for the study of tidal and geothermal power systems in the Puget Sound area.

We should also be preparing to take our energy from a decentralized system using whichever non-carbon energy technologies are best suited to their natural surroundings — solar in sunny areas, offshore wave and tidal power in coastal areas, wind farms in the world's wind corridors and geothermal almost everywhere.

Tidal flooding may worsen to the point of rendering some sections of cities in coastal areas unusable in the not - so - distant future, the Union of Concerned Scientists said in a recent report.

Among those steps, the report recommends flood - proofing homes and infrastructure; curtailing development in areas subject to tidal flooding; considering the risks and benefits of adaptation measures such as sea walls and natural buffers; and developing long - term plans based on the best available science.

Wind farms disturb natural habitats; tidal barriers form other barriers to natural flows of marine life; mass biofuel farming in areas such as the Amazon could accelerate the destruction of the rain forest.

Days later Siemens AG (SIE) announced it's selling Marine Current Turbines Ltd... Already the top 20 wave and tidal - stream businesses have amassed losses of $ 903 million over their lifetimes, according to BNEF data... «This is the capitalist survival - of - the - fittest process working as normal in any new market area,» McCrone said by e-mail... As other renewables such as solar and wind have reduced cost to become commercially viable, waves and tides remain the most expensive sources of power, costing four times more than coal, BNEF estimates... Oceanlinx Ltd. and Wavebob Ltd. both failed in the past 18 months, and Ocean Power Technologies Inc., one of the only listed marine energy businesses, canceled a project inAustralia.

Storms, cyclones and tidal surges appear to have increased in the coastal areas» (Ministry of Environment and Forest, 33).

But they say tidal turbines like theirs «have much larger blade areas and can operate successfully in water flows between 1 and 2 m / s», with these lower - speed water flows being found «in a great many tidal areas of the world».

Experience in field work in tidal and wetland areas, invasive species research, and stump research.