Sentences with phrase «including effects of sea level rise»

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Including the elevation effects in the model increases the estimated sea - level rise by a small but significant amount (5 % enhancement of melt by 2100 and 10 % by 2200 for a climate warming scenario).

The field of urban planning is gaining interest as cities around the world, including nearby Houston, are facing increased exposure to weather - related risks and hazards ranging from sea level rise and flooding to temperature build - up and urban heat island effect.

Ross began working with a team that included his adviser, Raymond Najjar, professor of oceanography, Penn State, to pinpoint the precise effects of sea - level rise by subtracting other forces that affect changes to the tidal range.

Beyond preparing for the inevitable, the report also calls for climate mitigation, including implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement in order to have «any hope of avoiding catastrophic effects from sea - level rise and other outcomes of global warming.»

Three issues of importance to the future of coral reefs are highlighted: (1) the role of multiple stressors and synergies; including sea level rise, storm impacts, fisheries impacts, water quality, and biotic responses, (2) the nature of resilience, and (3) the importance of domino effects.

It is clear that the 1C temperature rise over pre-industrial levels that we have seen so far has triggered a whole range of effects including widespread melting of mountain glaciers, significant sea level rise, devastating droughts, and flooding in various parts of the world.

The first exhibition organized by TBA21 — Academy, Tidalectics offers a thought - provoking exploration into the cultural, political, and biological dimensions of the oceans, including the effects of climate change and sea - level rise, through the work of 13 artists, nine newly commissioned pieces, and artworks carefully selected from the TBA21 collection.

Future topics that will be discussed include: climate sensitivity, sea level rise, urban heat island - effects, the value of comprehensive climate models, ocean heat storage, and the warming trend over the past few decades.

We warn about the PHYSICAL impacts of Sea Level Rise, but I don't see any info or concern about the early effects of inundations into the lowlands, where these include Contaminated Land, Landfills, Cemeteries, Toxic / Radioactive waste, Repositories, Ammunition dumps, Underground fuel stores, Plague / Ebola / Foot & Mouth / Anthrax pits or those harbouring other virulent pathogens with pandemic potential.

We analyzed the effect of a medium - high greenhouse gas emissions scenario (Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 in IPCC 2000) and included updated projections of sea - level rise based on work by Rahmstorf (Science 315 (5810): 368, 2007).

Examples of less certain science include understanding the effects of climate change on extreme weather in different regions, the role the deep ocean plays in the climate cycle and the rate at which sea level will rise over the next century.

Countries are trying to divide up by 2015 the burden of emissions limits needed to stave off the worst effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and more frequent droughts.

Some of the effects of climate change are likely to include more variable weather, heat waves, heavy precipitation events, flooding, droughts, more intense storms such as hurricanes, sea level rise, and air pollution.

On the other hand; global warming has a number of significant effects on the environment; including the rising sea levels, melting ices, and lately being associated with possibility to cause stronger Hurricane.

In the case of global warming, the innocent are likely to include residents of south Louisiana and other coastal communities whose lives will be disrupted by sea level rise and other climate change effects, and by the loss of species, he said.

In addition to rising temperatures, the report discussed a variety of «other possible effects of an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide», including melting of the Antarctic ice cap, rise of sea level, warming of sea water, increased acidity of fresh waters (which also applies to the danger of ocean acidification, global warming's evil twin), and an increase in plant photosynthesis.

Many more flawed or misleading presentations of Global Warming science exist in the book, including those on Arctic sea ice thinning, correction of land - based temperature measurements for the urban heat island effect, satellite vs. ground - based measurements of Earth's warming, and controversies over sea level rise estimates.

They are talking about the dangers of anthropogenic global warming, but include the sea level rise from all warming effects, most of which occured long before we were burning fossil fuels at anywhere near current rates.

Including the effects of physical mechanisms that can quickly increase ice sheet discharge significantly raises sea level rise projections under high - emission scenarios.

It's well - known that the IPCC almost certainly underestimates future sea level rise, because their models do not include the effects of dynamic ice processes.

Lead author James Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, concludes: «If global emissions of carbon dioxide continue to rise at the rate of the past decade, this research shows that there will be disastrous effects, including increasingly rapid sea level rise, increased frequency of droughts and floods, and increased stress on wildlife and plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones.»

Second, the IPCC clearly states «models [of sea level rise] used to date do not include uncertainties in climate - carbon cycle feedbacks nor do they include the full effect of changes in ice sheet flow.»

«If global emissions of carbon dioxide continue to rise at the rate of the past decade,» said Dr. Hansen, «this research shows that there will be disastrous effects, including increasingly rapid sea level rise, increased frequency of droughts and floods, and increased stress on wildlife and plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones.»

Climate scenarios of sea level rise for the northeast Atlantic Ocean: a study including the effects of ocean dynamics and gravity changes induced by ice melt.

David's late father - in - law was the pioneering scientist Charles David Keeling, who began to record the concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere in the 1950s, and who shared with David science's predictions on the effects of persistent greenhouse gasses, including rises in mean temperature, disrupted weather patterns, wildfires, floods, strengthening tropical storms, ocean acidification, sea level rise, melting of glaciers and other effects.

The observed effects of cryosphere reduction include modification of river regimes due to enhanced glacial melt, snowmelt advance and enhanced winter base flow; formation of thermokarst terrain and disappearance of surface lakes in thawing permafrost; decrease in potential travel days of vehicles over frozen roads in the Arctic; enhanced potential for glacier hazards and slope instability due to mechanical weakening driven by ice and permafrost melting; regional ocean freshening; sea - level rise due to glacier and ice sheet shrinkage; biotic colonisation and faunal changes in deglaciated terrain; changes in freshwater and marine ecosystems affected by lake - ice and sea - ice reduction; changes in livelihoods; reduced tourism activities related to skiing, ice climbing and scenic activities in cryospheric areas affected by degradation; and increased ease of ship transportation in the Arctic.

Melting glaciers and sea ice are particularly worrisome trends because they trigger critical secondary effects, notably including increasing rates of sea - level rise.

Scenic Hudson board member Dr. Klaus Jacob of the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory served as an advisor to the MTA commission and wrote a chapter of the report recommending MTA strategies to adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change — including rising sea levels and increased storm surges.