Sentences with phrase «of coastal residents»

Yet, especially for billions of coastal residents, these images, along with the earthquake - generated tsunami, are horrifying harbingers of future disruptions.

The livelihood of tens of millions of coastal residents are at risk.

That may mean making politically unpalatable choices like retreat from current ocean shorelines, an effort actually under way in New York via buyouts of some coastal residents.

«The devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caught millions of coastal residents and the scientific community off - guard,» says co-author Benjamin Horton, a professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Not exact matches

The Obama administration considered opening some of the affected areas to oil exploration, but abandoned the idea in 2016 because of concerns from states, coastal residents and the military, which uses waters that would be affected.

Residents of low - lying areas in densely populated Miami - Dade County were urged to move to higher ground by Wednesday as a precaution against coastal storm surges, three days before Irma was expected to make landfall in Florida.

Come hurricane season, which runs from June through November, residents living in coastal communities have to deal with the possibility of evacuating their homes when a hurricane is approaching.

VICTORIA — B.C.'s New Democrats stood up for residents of coastal communities Tuesday as several hundred British Columbians gathered at the legislature to protest the B.C. Liberals» reckless cuts to ferry services.

This is a HUGE negative for residents in coastal cities like New York and San Francisco where property tax alone can be $ 18,000 a year based on the median home price of $ 1.5 M. Further, a taxable income of over $ 400,000 means a state income tax amount of over $ 26,000.

It's no wonder we've seen countless reports of a drop in ridership, as coastal residents and businesses can't afford to travel on our marine highways.

NEW YORK — Residents in the areas of New York hit hardest by a powerful coastal storm could be without power into the early part of next week.

She and her coauthors hope that their findings will inspire coastal residents and ocean users to recycle their trash instead of allowing it to end up in the ocean.

Climbers summiting Mount Everest have as little oxygen in their bloodstream as residents of coastal areas who are in cardiac arrest or who are even dead.

Now, Graham and colleagues are waiting to see whether the species becomes a permanent resident, perhaps encouraged by declining coastal water quality and a growing thicket of offshore oil drilling platforms, which may provide the perfect hard substrate for a bottom - dwelling life stage.

Indigenous coastal residents of the western Arctic and I are currently working with 15 scientific colleagues on several research projects that span a variety of topics:

But residents of coastal towns in Namibia have become used to the disagreeable smells that accompany frequent eruptions of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas in the area.

For the residents of Towyn, a town on the North Wales coast, the engineers arrived too late to repair their sea wall, which was built 100 years ago to protect the coastal railway line.

In the early evening of Tuesday, 1 April, a magnitude - 8.2 quake occurred off the coast of northern Chile, killing six people, generating 2 - meter - high waves, and prompting the evacuation of nearly 1 million coastal residents.

The Harvard Chan researchers, working with colleagues in Japan, were able to conduct a «natural experiment» among a group of elderly residents of the coastal city of Iwanuma, located about 80 kilometers west of the earthquake epicenter, where nearly half the land area was inundated by the tsunami.

In the 1990s, residents of coastal California became alarmed that a once common butterfly seemed to be disappearing.

Severe coastal flooding during storms in January and March of this year jolted Massachusetts residents and officials into an unwelcome awareness of just how vulnerable we are to rising sea levels.

But even with advance warning, governments and the residents of coastal areas still have to properly prepare for the coming storms.

The study, published in Nature Geoscience, was led by Patrick Barnard and includes a long list of contributors, among them CIRC researcher Peter Ruggiero, whose work has focused on preparing Northwest residents for coastal hazards.

The new 10 - episode mystery series Gracepoint (airing Thursdays) at least has a solid pedigree, remaking last summer's acclaimed eight - part Broadchurch from BBC America, even starring David Tennant in the same role (albeit with an off - putting attempt at an American accent) as a detective newly arrived in a coastal California town, where the murder of a young boy rocks the local residents to the core — including his resentful partner (Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn)-- turning neighbor against neighbor until a shattering denouement.

Regardless, the «beach boogying» is unforgettable, as it will bring you up close with sea otters, seals, sea lions, coastal birds, and probably even the resident pods of whales.

Maritime Day, which first became a national holiday in 1933, is a day of celebration and contemplation for many coastal residents and history buffs, for whom it is as important as -LSB-...]

Notoriously reclusive residents and unmarked roads deter the masses from Bolinas, leaving its enchanting beach and meandering coastal trails pleasantly void of Memorial Day crowds.

Range The California brown pelican is a permanent resident of the coastal marine environment on the Pacific Coast and the range extends from British Columbia, Canada, south to Nayarit, Mexico.

Mike Caplin, a representative of the Coastal Property Owners Association, said that some coastal residents are concerned about the steady growth of public lands.

As a coastal Caribbean country bordered by the Belize Barrier Reef, Belize residents are within reach of some of the greatest marine life in the world.

The interior populations of this species are migratory while the coastal populations are both migratory and resident.

Today, this commuter hub is home to approximately 20,000 residents and sits at the crossroads of the Western Highway and the Hummingbird Highway which leads to the southern coastal regions of Belize.

The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.

A city of just 300,000 residents, it is home to museums, shopping, a coastal walking and biking trail, and much wildlife.

Set in its handsome new Jamien Morehouse Wing, reserved for contemporary Maine art (Mr. Noland recently became a full - time resident of the coastal town of Port Clyde, seat of the Wyeth family), the show covers the first 44 years of the artist's career — that is to say, nearly all of it.

And yes, we also educate coastal residents of the simple steps they need to take to protect themselves should the worst happen.

Duke Energy CEO James Rogers said consumers in parts of the country, such as the industrial Midwest, depend on coal more than residents of coastal states like California.

Similar population declines took place across coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, bringing the total displaced population count, as of July 2006, to 375,000 residents because of destruction from Katrina.

Students will analyze that data for evidential links, hypothesize about the possible effect on hurricanes of continual ocean temperature increases, and predict related implications for residents of coastal areas.

Tens of thousands of cleanup workers, Coast Guard members, fishers and coastal residents were within range of the airborne chemicals, and many of them were sprayed directly with Corexit, which when mixed with crude, is 52 times more toxic than crude alone.

Residents of Hampton Roads have for years viewed that discussion with interest since rising sea levels could threaten coastal communities.

In the case of global warming, the innocent are likely to include residents of south Louisiana and other coastal communities whose lives will be disrupted by sea level rise and other climate change effects, and by the loss of species, he said.

Because much of humanity, including many residents of the world's major cities like Kolkata (Calcutta), London, Shanghai, and Washington, DC, are located in vulnerable coastal areas, hundreds of millions of people are directly at risk.

2: Our Changing Climate, Key Messages 8 and 9)-- including the projected frequency of flooding of tunnels and airports — were documented as early as 2001 in a report developed in support of the 2000 National Climate Assessment.21 Despite such reports, the observed vulnerability was a surprise to many coastal residents, which suggests improved communication is needed.

Imagine knowing how your city or state will cope with drier and warmer conditions over the next 30 years; imagine getting a tornado warning an hour in advance providing an opportunity to get your family properly sheltered; imagine being able to evacuate only those coastal residents that will be directly impacted by a hurricane and not unnecessarily clearing hundreds of miles of the coast; imagine being able to tell a fire incident manager where the fire front will be in 6 hrs; imagine airline routing system that knows where a squall line will be in 12 hrs and the resulting efficiency in airport acceptance rates; or imagine air quality predictions that would allow the time for special precautions to be taken for those at risk.

Residents of some coastal cities see their streets flood more regularly during storms and high tides.

«As a resident of a coastal community, it leaves me very concerned,» Trusel said, who lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

See millions, billions, trillions traded for pigs, pokes, and lies... starving polar bears straight from the sands of a sinking arctic... snarling snow leopards swept away by melting glaciers... gasping Gurkhas in search of water... coastal residents on stilts... climate grifters juggling semi-intelligent humans... grim reapers galloping the streets... massive throngs wandering aimlessly... You there in the back!

«2030 isn't that far from now,» he said, adding that some leaders in coastal communities are looking at a host of responses, including steps to reduce emissions to reduce impacts and thereby the costs for detailed plans for community evacuation, and well - orchestrated plans for returning residents to their homes.

From heartland communities enduring more extreme weather to coastal communities facing the threat of rising sea levels, the residents of America's cities are on the front line of the fight against climate change.