Sentences with phrase «of coastal flooding»

Climate change can lead to heavier rain from hurricanes and increased risk of coastal flooding due to storm surge.

While the global potential impacts of coastal flood damage and land loss on human settlements in the 21st century are substantial, these impacts can be reduced substantially through coastal protection.

The extra water can extend the reach of coastal floods.

When people build on these coastal areas, there is a substantial risk of coastal flooding as waves will continue to pass over the beach into developed areas.

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.

Rising sea levels also increase the risk of coastal flooding.

And third, rising seas extend the reach of coastal floods.

Sea - level rise has only exacerbated the effects of coastal flooding in South Florida.

The effect may be direct (e.g., a change in crop yield in response to a change in the mean, range or variability of temperature) or indirect (e.g., damages caused by an increase in the frequency of coastal flooding due to sea - level rise).

New analysis looks at the human - caused influence on the number of coastal flood days for various locations across the U.S.

And in an era of accelerating rises in sea levels those effects «may be catastrophic», says Pethick, «causing inundation of coastal flood defences».

«The entire U.S. Atlantic coastline is vulnerable to these hot spots that may amplify the severity of coastal flooding.»

Scientists often estimate the risk of coastal flooding due to storm surge (waters blown on shore by strong winds) separately than that caused by heavy precipitation (runoff from nearby higher elevations that piles up in low areas before it can flow into the sea).

New analysis looks at the human - caused influence on the number of coastal flood days across the U.S.

In 2010, Liddell - Grainger criticised plans by the Environment Agency and Natural England to create a wetland habitat at Steart on the Severn estuary as part of a realignment of coastal flood defences.

Also at 7 p.m., Sen. James Sanders Jr. hosts a meeting to address recent incidents of coastal flooding in Far Rockaway, Peninsula Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 5015 Beach Channel Dr., Queens.

Years of coastal flooding seem to argue for climate adaptation, but state lawmakers may ban such policies

The team sees the results as a starting point for a more detailed assessment of coastal flooding risk and mitigation along the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean.

And while wealthier economies generally are less exposed to the danger of coastal flooding than those in the developing world, the study says, the United States is an exception.

The strategy is emerging from the shadows as scientists and governments try to figure out how to move people out of the way of coastal flooding and other hazards

Since 1950, human - caused global sea level rise has tipped the balance to account for two - thirds of coastal flood days in the U.S., according to our latest sea level rise analysis.

A report published by Climate Central on Monday, the result of an analysis based in part on the findings in Monday's paper, concluded that climate change was to blame for three - quarters of the coastal floods recorded in the U.S. from 2005 to 2014, mostly high tide floods.

Nicholls [13] considered two scenarios of coastal population change in a scenario - based analysis of coastal flooding impacts for the 21st century: First a low - growth scenario, where coastal change was assumed to uniformly follow national change.

Sea level rise due to global warming has already doubled the annual risk of coastal flooding of historic proportions across widespread areas of the United States... By 2030, many locations are likely to see storm surges combining with sea level rise to raise waters at least 4 feet above the local high - tide line.

While this is old news to the local elected officials on the front lines of coastal flooding in the United States, the findings will hopefully inspire much - needed action at the federal level.

«The combination of coastal flooding and heavy rainfall is responsible for the devastating flooding that Houston is experiencing.

Previous studies have shown that climate change is likely to increase the severity and frequency of coastal floods, but it can be tricky to concretely link river flooding to climate change, says Günter Blöschl, a hydrologist at the Vienna University of Technology who led the study.

«The entire US Atlantic coastline is vulnerable to these hot spots that may amplify the severity of coastal flooding.»

Other hands - on elements of Extreme Ice include a 7 - foot wall of ice and interactive maps that show the potential impact of coastal flooding.

Tropical forests will become savanna and there will be increased risk of coastal flooding in low - lying areas such as El Salvador and Guyana.

The estimate of 41 million people does not include the millions of additional Americans that are at risk of coastal flooding.

On December 28, 2012, Governor O'Malley issued an executive order that requires State agencies to consider the risk of coastal flooding and sea level rise to capital projects.

Scientists are also confident that heating of the deep oceans and melting of land ice will lead to continued sea level rise, which will heighten the risk of coastal flooding and the severity of coastal hazards during stormy episodes.

Increased risk of coastal flooding.

Global climate change drives sea - level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding Those words did not appear in the above - linked USGS press release — though they were -LSB-...]

Sea level is rising, worsening the risks of coastal flooding and storm surge.