The small global mean change, however, is expected to create large problems in sensitive areas of the Earth system — rising sea level leading to
increased coastal flooding, more heat waves and drought, and the disappearance of summer Arctic sea ice, to name a few.
Regardless of whether participants said they accepted that human activity caused climate change, most recognized that scientists expect climate change to create serious environmental dangers, including
increased coastal flooding.
For starters, higher seas will
increase coastal flooding.
And the front page New York Times story based on the study notes that 3.7 million Americans — that's how many live within mere feet of high tides — are now at risk from
increasing coastal flooding, thanks to rising sea levels.
Republicans and Democrats alike shared stories of their communities being battered by unprecedented and
increasing coastal flooding.
As Secretary Kerry noted, Virginia's Hampton Roads area, experiencing
increasing coastal flooding due to sea level rise, is a microcosm of the bigger risks facing our nation and world.
Not exact matches
The effects of oilsands production on climate change must be confronted sooner or later — and given the
increasing incidence of weird weather and
coastal flooding, probably sooner.
Homeowners in certain areas of the UK are at
increased risk of
coastal, river or groundwater
flooding, and many homeowners have already experienced the devastation that
flooding brings.
With less than 14 inches of sea - level rise, most of the 90 U.S.
coastal cities studied outside of Alaska would see a 25-fold
increase in disruptive and damaging
flooding by around 2080, 2060, 2040 or 2030 under the low, intermediate - low, intermediate and intermediate - high scenarios, respectively.
New research predicts that
coastal regions may face massive
increases in damages from storm surge
flooding over the course of the 21st century.
The revised maps are the first update in the
coastal areas of Maryland in 25 years and confirm both
increases and decreases in the 100 - year
flood elevations over this period of time.
The
increase in frequency of these events that are today considered exceptional will likely push existing
coastal protection structures beyond their design limits, leaving a large part of Europe's
coastal zones exposed to
flooding, according to the study's authors.
«The results show that people in
coastal areas are more aware of
flood threats than those living in inland
flood zones, and that populations in inland areas are
increasing.
Climate change can lead to heavier rain from hurricanes and
increased risk of
coastal flooding due to storm surge.
Rising sea levels will make
coastal areas more prone to
flooding, regional droughts are likely to
increase in frequency and intensity, summer months are likely to have more extreme - heat days, and thunderstorms and other weather events are likely to become more intense in some parts of the world.
In addition, stronger storms may also lead to greater coral damage due to
increased flooding events, associated terrestrial runoff of freshwater and dissolved nutrients from
coastal watersheds, and changes in sediment transport (leading to smothering of corals).
«In any
coastal area there's extra value in property, [but] climate change, insofar as it
increases risks for those properties from any specific set of hazards — like
flooding and storm surge — will decrease value.»
Additionally, sea level rise driven by climate warming combined with
coastal subsidence related to human activities
increased the storm surge while urban development such as paving over grasslands and prairies are likely to have exacerbated
flooding.
If we don't act, the world is vulnerable to devastating climate impacts, including
flooding of our
coastal cities, water shortages, and
increased extreme weather.
Rising sea levels also
increase the risk of
coastal flooding.
Rising sea levels will, over time, inundate low - lying property and
increase the amount of
flooding that occurs during
coastal storms.
Vacation Homes are often purchased on
coastal areas, which may add
flood insurance or
increase your typical insurance policy or association dues.
Flood exposure is
increasing in
coastal cities owing to growing populations and assets, the changing climate, and subsidence Here we provide a quantification of present and future
flood losses in the 136 largest
coastal cities.
Dorothy Atwood, one of the course participants, notes that «the reality of increasingly dangerous climate change — the rising temperatures and sea levels; the droughts,
floods and stronger storms; the acidic oceans; the
increasing forest fires; the expanding health dangers; the economic costs of
floods, drought, hurricanes and sunken
coastal cities — are very real to us and demand our personal and group response because it makes both environmental and economic sense to change the way we live and solve these problems.»
Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that
increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with
increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops —
flooding — as rising sea levels make
coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and
flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to
increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).
In the Northeast, «Communities are affected by heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and
coastal flooding due to sea level rise and storm surge,» for example, while in the Southeast and Caribbean, «Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes
increased competition for water.
This causes
increased erosion due to permafrost melt,
increased flooding due to the warmer temperatures, and intensified storms because the sea ice forms later in the season and is unable to provide a natural barrier for our
coastal communities.
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 station's exposure to
coastal flooding is projected for the years 2050, 2070, and 2100 based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to here as «intermediate») and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of
increase.
Air pressure changes, allergies
increase, Alps melting, anxiety, aggressive polar bears, algal blooms, Asthma, avalanches, billions of deaths, blackbirds stop singing, blizzards, blue mussels return, boredom, budget
increases, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, cannibalistic polar bears, cardiac arrest, Cholera, civil unrest, cloud
increase, cloud stripping, methane emissions from plants, cold spells (Australia), computer models, conferences, coral bleaching, coral reefs grow, coral reefs shrink, cold spells, crumbling roads, buildings and sewage systems, damages equivalent to $ 200 billion, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, dermatitis, desert advance, desert life threatened, desert retreat, destruction of the environment, diarrhoea, disappearance of
coastal cities, disaster for wine industry (US), Dolomites collapse, drought, drowning people, drowning polar bears, ducks and geese decline, dust bowl in the corn belt, early spring, earlier pollen season, earthquakes, Earth light dimming, Earth slowing down, Earth spinning out of control, Earth wobbling, El Nià ± o intensification, erosion, emerging infections, encephalitis,, Everest shrinking, evolution accelerating, expansion of university climate groups, extinctions (ladybirds, pandas, pikas, polar bears, gorillas, whales, frogs, toads, turtles, orang - utan, elephants, tigers, plants, salmon, trout, wild flowers, woodlice, penguins, a million species, half of all animal and plant species), experts muzzled, extreme changes to California, famine, farmers go under, figurehead sacked, fish catches drop, fish catches rise, fish stocks decline, five million illnesses,
floods, Florida economic decline, food poisoning, footpath erosion, forest decline, forest expansion, frosts, fungi invasion, Garden of Eden wilts, glacial retreat, glacial growth, global cooling, glowing clouds, Gore omnipresence, Great Lakes drop, greening of the North, Gulf Stream failure, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, harvest
increase, harvest shrinkage, hay fever epidemic, heat waves, hibernation ends too soon, hibernation ends too late, human fertility reduced, human health improvement, hurricanes, hydropower problems, hyperthermia deaths, ice sheet growth, ice sheet shrinkage, inclement weather, Inuit displacement, insurance premium rises, invasion of midges, islands sinking, itchier poison ivy, jellyfish explosion, Kew Gardens taxed, krill decline, landslides, landslides of ice at 140 mph, lawsuits
increase, lawyers» income
increased (surprise surprise!)
The shipyard's exposure to
coastal flooding is projected for the years 2050, 2070, and 2100 based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to here as «intermediate») and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of
increase.
Average sea - levels may rise, which would affect
coastal communities through more frequent
flooding and
increased ground - water salinity.
For example, the statement that sea level rise will
increase flooding due to
coastal storms is later qualified by the statement that there is «low confidence in the magnitude» of the
increase in
flood risk.
Rising sea levels will, over time, inundate low - lying property and
increase the amount of
flooding that occurs during
coastal storms.
It highlights several implications for this sector, including altered seasonality, desertification and
floods, damages caused by
increased incidence of natural hazards,
coastal erosion and loss of beach areas, and loss of natural and archeological attractions.
«We conclude that, if projections for an
increasing frequency of extreme El Niño and La Niña events over the twenty - first century are confirmed, then populated regions on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean basin could be alternately exposed to extreme
coastal erosion and
flooding, independent of sea - level rise,» the authors write.
Scientists expect a warming world to drive further sea - level rise over this century and beyond.3, 10,11 New York City faces
increases in
coastal flooding, the extent and frequency of storm surge, erosion, property damage, and loss of wetlands.3, 12,13
Coastal zones are particularly vulnerable to sea - level rise and enhanced storms, facing serious impacts including: (1) inundation and displacement of wetlands and lowlands; (2)
increased coastal erosion; (3)
increased coastal storm
flooding; and (4) salinization (Barth & Titus, 1984).
It argues that investments should start with low - regret options, with measures that tackle the weather risks that countries already face, such as
increased investment in water storage in drought - prone basins or protection against storms and
flooding in
coastal zones and / or urban areas.
By the late 21st century, climate models project that sea level will rise up to a foot higher than the global average along the northeast US coastline, resulting in a dramatic
increase in regional
coastal flood risk.
(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and
increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity,
flood risk,
coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and
Even modest sea - level rises could
increase flooding of
coastal lands like Bangladesh, Florida and even Manhattan.
To bring you up to speed here, Hunter et al had written some research in the journal Ocean Engineering discussing how high
coastal infrastructure should be built in the future to avoid
increasing the risk of
flooding.
Should this occur,
coastal cities, ports, and wetlands would be threatened with more frequent
flooding,
increased beach erosion, and saltwater encroachment into
coastal streams and aquifers.
The bases» exposure to
coastal flooding is projected for the years 2050, 2070, and 2100 based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to here as «intermediate») and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of
increase.
For the Baltic and Arctic coasts, sea - level rise projections under some SRES scenarios indicate an
increased risk of
flooding and
coastal erosion after 2050 (Johansson et al., 2004; Meier et al., 2004, 2006; Kont et al., 2007).
What's more, sea levels are rising, elevating storm surge and
increasing the amount of
coastal flooding — and the amount of electricity infrastructure at risk — when future storms arrive.
Negative impacts will include
increased risk of inland flash
floods, and more frequent
coastal flooding and
increased erosion (due to storminess and sea - level rise).
• Tools, datasets, and land management information to support
coastal planning, including better data and resources provided via platforms that improve their usability by decision makers • Linking physical vulnerability with economic analysis, planning, and assessment of adaptation options • Improving understanding of
increased risks of and damage from
coastal storm surge
flooding • Developing risk - management approaches for
coastal development and local land - use planning
Heavily populated
coastal areas will be at greatest risk due to
increased flooding.