Sentences with phrase «into coastal waters»

Whether you use your boat on inland lakes or venture into coastal waters will play a huge role in what you pay for your Louisiana boat insurance.

Pollution that impacts corals stems from a range of sources, including agricultural run - off — the fertilizer from which can cause algae blooms that result in dead zones — stormwater run - off from roads and urban areas into coastal waters, and poorly managed wastewater treatment plants that allow effluent to enter the waterways.

These hypoxic areas — virtually uninhabitable for most marine life — are a result of eutrophication, or too many nutrients from fertilizer runoff and sewage discharges finding their way into coastal waters.

Using an ocean circulation model for the shelf, the authors find that surface temperatures may increase by 0.5 to 2.0 °C, seasonal surface salinity may drop by up to 2 PSS in some areas, and that Haida Eddies will strengthen, as will the Vancouver Island Coastal Current and freshwater discharges into coastal waters.

As I read reports about the release of more than 11,000 tons of radiation - laced water into the sea from the damaged nuclear plant in Japan, I recalled reporting I did more than a decade ago on the many uses of silt barriers — essentially curtains suspended in water — to hold back everything from oil slicks to the bursts of polluted runoff flowing into coastal waters from city storm drains after heavy storms (the water can be pumped and treated once the system is not overloaded).

That is what worries Mr. Iversen, who sails each morning from the village of Ballstad, into the coastal waters around the Lofoten Islands.

Summer and Fall months has giant blue whales, finback whales, and minke whales migrate into coastal waters off Laguna Beach.

In countries without sewage treatment facilities, untreated sewage is released into coastal waters.

Following World War II, manufacturers also began producing vast quantities of agricultural fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorous — and about 95 percent of these nutrients run off into rivers and are flushed into coastal waters.

Around a decade later an unknown ship, probably from the Bay of Bengal, discharged ballast water into the coastal waters of Peru, releasing a strain of cholera that contaminated shellfish.

The time has surely come to apply the same vigour to ending the release of biological time bombs into the coastal waters of the world.

Greenland's ice sheet melts and sends large amounts of fresh water into the coastal waters, where it is of major importance for local production but potentially also for global ocean currents.

Putting numbers in context The team estimated that roughly 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds) of TiO2 slips off the skin of sun - seekers into coastal waters on an average summer day, yielding 400 times the normal rates of H2O2.

Fertilisers leaching into coastal waters are triggering more and more blooms, and beach closures have cost the US economy millions.

Meanwhile, development projects such as marinas and residential buildings constructed in California's estuaries have pushed stingrays out of their traditional habitats and into coastal waters, where the rays provide easy food for baby white sharks.

Not exact matches

With the flooding from the hurricanes and storm surges, people have been coming into contact with coastal water, and potentially with Vibrio.

Groundwater that seeps into the coastal zone beneath the ocean's surface — termed submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)-- is an important source of fresh water and nutrients to nearshore coral reefs throughout the globe.

The Gulf of Mexico may be open for business and eager to attract tourists, but it's still unclear whether or not marine and coastal ecosystems there are healthy two years after BP's offshore drilling rig exploded 40 miles off the Louisiana coast, eventually releasing 205.8 million gallons of oil into the water column.

Chemical clues in the mangroves and algae can also tell how salty the water was, which shows whether or not El Niño was raising the local sea level and causing more seawater to seep into the coastal wetlands.

Most of the 150 convention signatories have a 2009 deadline to make their claims and as many as 50 coastal states could bid for an extension into their neighboring waters.

Illuminating the scope of the problem, a set of maps shows past algal blooms in U.S. coastal waters, and a short essay delves into why the number of blooms seems to be rising — better surveillance and nutrient - laden pollution are suspected.

They tracked the flows of organic and inorganic carbon into and out of coastal waters.

The news comes only days after the chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, went to Brussels to demand the renegotiation of a further directive, the Urban Waste Water Directive, which will require still tougher measures to clean sewage discharges into rivers and coastal waters by early next century.

Carbon cycling within coastal waters is complex and the team sought to identify how carbon flows into and out of tidal wetlands, shelf waters and estuaries.

Shifting rainfall patterns may send 10 to 40 percent more water filled with dissolved bits of organic debris into many coastal areas by 2100.

The study subdivided coastal waters into tidal wetlands, estuaries and continental shelf waters.

But the process can become overwhelmed when too much of the contaminant is pumped into a waterway, allowing nitrate to flow to coastal waters.

Greenland has been complaining that radiation discharged into the sea from the reprocessing plant at Sellafield is contaminating its coastal waters.

If this greenhouse gas finds its way into the water, it can also become trapped in the sea ice that forms in these coastal waters.

Evacuations ordered in New York City New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspended all subway, rail and bus service in the city yesterday starting at 7 p.m., as the downstate region braced for the prospect of mass water intrusion into underground transit, high winds and dangerous coastal flooding.

But studies in California's coastal redwood forests show that sap flow sometimes runs in reverse during fog events, with captured water moving from the atmosphere into the leaves and then down through the branches — something that may be happening in Chile as well.

On top of that, Goodbred found, local shrimp farmers had drilled holes into the dikes to pipe salt water from coastal rivers into their hatcheries, weakening the barriers.

They are driving fishing fleets further out to sea, ushering tropical fish into polar waters, and worsening flood hazards for coastal communities.

Incessant mountain rain, snow and melting glaciers in a comparatively small region of land that hugs the southern Alaska coast and empties fresh water into the Gulf of Alaska would create the sixth largest coastal river in the world if it emerged as a single stream, a recent study shows.

Co-author Dr Ivan Haigh, lecturer in coastal oceanography at the University of Southampton and also based at NOCS, adds: «Historical observations show a rising sea level from about 1800 as sea water warmed up and melt water from glaciers and ice fields flowed into the oceans.

In some developed regions (e.g., Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada), raw sewage continues to pour into harbors, bays, and coastal waters.

They knew that as soon as Irma passed the coast and the winds switched directions, all of the water slurped out of the coastal zones would be forced back into the bays — and then some.

These geological events can bring a towering wall of water into coastal regions.

In developing countries with no on - site or centralized sanitation facilities, no opportunity exists for any type of treatment, and human wastes go directly into surface waters, including the coastal ocean.

For glimpses into a less resource - intensive future for California, you can look to the coastal county of Marin, where the Carbon Cycle Institute is teaching farmers how to conserve water by improving soil health.

The remainder stay in the effluent water which is released back into the environment — oceans for coastal towns, rivers for inland.

In keeping with coastal style, a wraparound porch with entrance into the home's mud hall and laundry room offers a spot to sit, relax and enjoy water views.

Once Ponyo makes her out - of - water escape into a tiny coastal Japanese village, she meets a boy name Sosuke and the film's narrative truly begins.

Some of the gems here include a resource guide for environmental and marine science teachers, wetland activities, a resource guide for oceanography, and coastal processes: developed for elementary, middle, and high school teachers, The «marinated» classroom: a sourcebook of aquatic activities for the elementary classroom and another for the secondary classroom, water on the web: integrating real - time data into educational curricula over the internet and coastal capers: a marine education primer.

Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages.

But if you want to get your dog in the water, check out Del Mar» ™ s annual Surf Dog Surf - A-Thon (every September, surfdog.kintera.org), where dogs compete in a surf competition and costume contests. Doggie Surf Clinics are also available prior to the event to turn pets into surfing pros, and you can buy Surfah Dog Surf Boards in the San Diego North coastal community of Carlsbad ««the only dog surfboards manufactured by a professional surfer and surfboard manufacturer (a portion of the proceeds benefit the Helen Woodward Animal Center).

Cold stunning occurs when autumn cold fronts move through and chill coastal water temperatures more quickly than usual, causing cold - blooded sea turtles to go into hypothermic shock.

Carved into the inaccessible wilderness of the Canadian mainland over the ages, the soaring peaks of the coastal mountains tumble to the waters edge in a jumble of river mouths and small islands, a perfect spot for sea kayaking.

North Residences are on Palm Jumeirah is one of three man - made islands called the Palm Islands which extend out from the United Arab Emirates coastal city of Dubai into the emerald waters of the Persian Gulf.

With strong trade winds almost every day of the year, Bonaire sailing will provide an unbelievable array of views as you enjoy your evening or go out into the areas beautiful coastal waters to...