Sentences with phrase «lying coastal regions»

Perhaps at times the tone seemed a little too directly out of the lecture hall — as in the quip, «I will go out on a limb here and predict that the impacts of this sea level rise will be most noticeable in the low - lying coastal regions.»

Still, if «instant» is even 1000 years, the year to year increase in melting for low - lying coastal regions will be dramatic.

Those with the least means tend to live in the low lying coastal regions which are most prone to flooding.

Low - lying coastal regions like Chile's are subject to advection fog, where warm ocean air crosses a band of cold water before reaching land.

Whilst this is a small figure in actual terms, combined with the contribution from other melting glaciers around the world and expansion of the world's oceans, it will have an impact upon society through flooding of low - lying coastal regions.»

Not exact matches

That's enough to impact coastal regions and low - lying islands.

In the regions that will be affected, the majority of people don't live in cities, but villages near coastal areas and low - lying river valleys where they cultivate crops and tend livestock.

The findings will inform coastal policy and management in this low - lying U.S. region.»

«Modelling has been used to help develop forecasting systems to predict flood risk around the shallower southern regions of the North Sea, where the coastal margin is low - lying and population density is high.

Nestled amongst the hidden valleys of the majestic Al Hajar Mountains, Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort lies along the coastal region of Dibba, the seco...

Nestled amongst the hidden valleys of the majestic Al Hajar Mountains, Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort lies along the coastal region of Dibba, the second largest town in the Emirate of Fujairah.

Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,

The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over...»

Specific populations, such as those less economically developed or in lower - lying regions will be at a very high risk of impact and hundreds of millions of people will potentially be adversely affected by events like coastal flooding, saltwater infiltration into agricultural lands, and sea level rise.

This dangerous warming is, of course, causing the ice sheets to melt, unleashing catastrophic sea level rise, and thus swamping coastal regions and low - lying islands, as we speak!

I've been hearing for some time that very low - lying islands are in imminent danger, but have yet to hear of abandoned cities or coastal regions flooded by rising «sea levels»....

Increased frequency of droughts, heat waves, and water scarcity are all predicted for the region, where low - lying areas — including 43 port cities — could also face coastal flooding with a global temperature rise of as little as 1 degree.