Sentences with phrase «of coastal erosion»

Researchers have long understood that global sea level rise will affect the rate of coastal erosion.

All of these components of coastal erosion are impacted by climate change.

I have talked a lot about the implications of coastal erosion and other issues of interest to seaside home and property owners.

Mr. Ramsey's presentation explained the varied impacts of coastal erosion in Kosrae in each village.

They are at risk of coastal erosion, floods, storm surges, which could harm tourism and affect the livelihood of local communities.

«Doubling of coastal erosion by mid-century in Hawai'i.»

Identify the underlying causes of coastal erosion on Torres Strait reef islands, and to develop long - term, sustainable solutions that work with, rather than against, the natural processes.

«The impacts from Harvey on the Texas coast in terms of coastal erosion most likely vary dramatically by proximity to landfall location.

Image Credit: © Michel Fritz, Alfred Wagener Institute (Scientist standing in front of coastal erosion at Hershel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada)

Subcommittees of the citizens group examining the issues of coastal erosion, traffic, code enforcement, housing, and the economy will submit their reports to the town board and to the planning consultants, Mr. Van Scoyoc told the town board on Tuesday.

For the study «Doubling of coastal erosion under rising sea level by mid-century in Hawaiʻi,» published this week in Natural Hazards, the research team developed a simple model to assess future erosion hazards under higher sea levels — taking into account historical changes of Hawaiʻi shorelines and the projected acceleration of sea level rise reported from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

«Hydro - chemical anomalies obtained over the shallow Siberian shelves demonstrate significant role of coastal erosion in the formation of the biogeochemical regime in the Arctic seas (Semiletov, 1999; Dudarev et al., 2001)»

- Adam Markham, lead author of the report «Some Easter Island statues are at risk of being lost to the sea because of coastal erosion.

But lacking geologic backgrounds and unaware of natural weather cycles, developers» ability to estimate a «safe distance» was hampered by the episodic nature of coastal erosion that could lull people into believing erosion was minimal.

After the Holocene Optimum ended about 5,000 years ago and sea level rise slowed, California's current rate of coastal erosion decreased to about 10 to 30 cm / year.

Unfortunately scientific measurements of coastal erosion did not begin until the 1960s led by Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

And because Pacifica has long been known as a hot spot of coastal erosion, it has been studied for over 100 years.

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.

North Carolina's recent blocking of coastal erosion protection policies is quoted as an example from a different part of the world.

With the assistance of the coastal erosion project, the Masig community has made some decisions about their future and how they want to progress an adaptation strategy.

Florida Statute 161.57 requires disclosure of things like the possibility of coastal erosion; meaning, that the property is subject to federal, state and local regulations on limitations regarding construction; and there are environmental regulations that apply, such as protections for marine turtles.

Warming is contributing to the loss of protective sea ice along Alaska's northwestern coast, leading to increased rates of coastal erosion.

It ranks «Very High» because of risk of coastal erosion, slope instability, groundwater flooding and coastal flooding

Coral reefs provide protection to the coastline and reducing the rate of coastal erosion.

«The breaking up of sea ice also threatens existing detection and warning infrastructure by increasing the rate of coastal erosion.»

Furthermore, ocean and atmospheric scientists are interested in how storm - driven waves and surges combine with tides to affect the potential for coastal flooding and the rate of coastal erosion.