Sentences with phrase «largest coastal populations»

Part of the problem is that some of the countries with the largest coastal populations - mostly in Asia - are also developing nations with inadequate infrastructure to deal with all the waste that they generate.

Think about feeding a population of 9 billion as formerly productive regions become too hot and dry for large scale agriculture, populations have to relocate, sea level causes very large coastal populations to move inland quicker than new high rise housing can be built (but the land is needed for crops) and so on.

Not exact matches

Major coastal cities typical for job migration are close behind as leaders in the industry, but their success may be due more to a large population and generally successful diversified economy.

The coastal provinces of Kiangsu, Chekiang, Fukien, and Kwangtung contain the smallest number of Muslims in modern times, although formerly they had the largest Muslim population.

The increase in population size also seems to have levelled off in the Turku region, whereas the breeding population continues to grow outside large urban areas both in the coastal archipelago and on inland lakes.

Prompt action is needed most in Asia and Africa where, today, large parts of the coastal population are already affected by storm surge flooding.

Malin Pinsky, an ecologist at Rutgers University who studies population dynamics of coastal marine species and who was not involved in the research, described the study as significant because of its unusually large scope, as well as its focus on different fish life stages.

James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies argues that China and India will make this decision out of pure self - interest, since rising sea levels could place large portions of their coastal populations at risk.

Using the largest data set in the Northwest Atlantic, we show rapid large declines in large coastal and oceanic shark populations.

The coastal city of Melbourne also has tons of unique things to do and see, like the Block Arcade, Yarra Valley and Shrine of Remembrance, and with a large, welcoming population you'll never feel alone!

Moreover, you will be right in the heart of fabulous Malibu that enjoys near - mythical status thanks to its large celebrity population and the incredible beauty of its coastal mountains, natural coves, wide sweeps of golden sands and epic waves.

[2] The island scrub jay (ISSJ) is closely related to the California scrub jay — the coastal population found on the adjacent mainland — but differs in being larger, more brightly colored, and having a markedly stouter bill.

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.

The world economy and coastal land is closely tied to the survival interests of a large part of the worlds current population.

For instance, the large sea - level rise (up to 12 m) that would result from the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets would have major impacts on coastal areas, with effects both on biological systems and human populations.

These risks are three-fold: the increased number of events like floods and cyclones; droughts in some parts of the country and in long - term effects of coastal erosion affecting a large portion of the population.

The most susceptible populations in these areas were in areas with high levels of poverty, and where large populations had clustered on marginal land such as flood plains or coastal regions in cyclone - prone areas.

The move was seen as a necessary countermeasure to widespread coastal loss and degradation, which had already resulted in over 90 percent of the state's wetlands being lost and in large fisheries population declines, among other harmful consequences.

Jenna Jambeck and her colleagues at the University of Georgia found that an incredibly large amount of plastic waste is mismanaged by the populations living in coastal area, and that even a conservative estimate of how much ends up in the sea puts adds up to between 4.8 million to 12.7 million metric tons of plastic.