Sentences with phrase «of other coastal communities»

Though Cannon Beach did not experience the fatalities or devastation of other coastal communities, it was a shocking occurrence that changed how those who live at the coast react to a tsunami.

Not exact matches

In addition the NERC said that the projects would, among other things, demonstrate the potential of ORE technologies to provide island and coastal communities with a stable power supply.

Indeed, the first round of treaties, from 1842 to 1844, stipulated that Westerners be permitted to build churches, schools, and other community buildings in five key coastal cities.

With approximately 350,000 houses, business, bridges and other structures located within 500 feet of the nation's shoreline, erosion is a problem many U.S. coastal communities are addressing.

This question has become a political issue in other coastal states - notably North Carolina, where the state's Coastal Resources Commission issued a report, based on the latest computer models, advising coastal communities to plan for up to 39 inches of sea sea - level rise by 2100, well beyond historic norms.

We have been talking to the administrator and her office for the past year about the long - term implication of the growth in ports and goods movement, and what that means not just for those [coastal] environmental justice communities... but how it's likely to impact other [inland] communities that could become environmental justice communities.

And Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D - Hawaii) asked a panel of researchers if the iceberg had any troubling consequences for her island and other coastal communities.

In lieu of that, it means local communities — particularly coastal «hotspots» — must adopt ways to address ocean acidification using existing laws, according to a May 2011 report by Feely and other experts.

Many parts of the coastal areas of this hotspot, being moderated by the ocean, experience cool summers due to the regular occurrence of ocean fog, which sustains redwood forests amongst other communities.

The island's stands of giant coreopsis, as well as all the other plants of its coastal bluff community, were devastated by sheep grazing in the late 1800s and early 1900s, rabbit browsing in 1910 - 1950s, and by large - scale destruction of native vegetation associated with facility and road development by the U.S. Coast Guard during construction and manning of the Anacapa Light Station.

Some of the resiliency measures looked at by New York, which other coastal communities can consider, include floodwalls, levee systems, relocation of critical building infrastructure such as electrical equipment and wetland replenishment.

It builds on other signs that common ground can be found on boosting community resilience to coastal and climatic hazards and even on renewable energy, as was illustrated in passage of a big spending bill in December extending tax credits for solar and wind energy (even as it ended the 40 - year - old ban on oil exports, a move with minor environmental consequences, as Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations explained).

With the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy's coastal assault here, The New York Times and other media have run a batch of helpful articles tracking how coastal communities are, and are not, responding to the lessons from the extraordinary surge raised by that storm — a 1 - in -700-year event, by some calculations.

In addition to the chapters devoted to overarching regional breakdowns, there are also chapters devoted to other culturally or geographically regionally similar areas, such as, coastal areas, rural communities, and «urban systems» — all equally powerful ways of situating people in shared communities of interest facing similar challenges..

Csatho says that despite the landmark Paris climate deal of 2015, there is still a lot of uncertainty about how global warming could affect island nations and other coastal communities.

Bridlington, Whitby, and other English coastal towns have long depended on the North Sea fishery for food and income.2 But global warming is affecting plankton and changing the marine food chain, compounding the pressures of overfishing.3 The resulting disruption of the ecosystem could damage the fishing industry and hurt North Sea coastal communities from the United Kingdom to Scandinavia.

And so the people who have approached us are interested in branching out to other communities in the country who have different kinds of climate effects than those that are affecting the 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.

Meanwhile, the coastal communities of Oakland and San Francisco are battling increased flooding, coastal erosion, and property damage from rising sea levels and other effects of global warming.

Renewable energy cooperation will also promote economies of scale and fraternal ties crucial to dealing with the other pressing climate impacts faced by many regional states: growing water scarcity amid shifting weather patterns and, in some, projected sea - level rises on coastal communities and aquifers.

Develop community - relevant scenarios of sea ice loss, permafrost degradation, coastal erosion, and other environmental change that will affect communities into the future.

This activity report showcases a set of case studies that present the work of a wide range of financed and supported projects that make a case for further investment in marine protected areas to restore the health of oceanic and coastal ecosystems, strengthen resilience in the face of climate change, sustain fisheries and other economic activities, and improve the lives of the world's poorest communities.

This second part describes how the coastal city of Beira in Mozambique mitigates floods and other climate change - related natural disasters, which usually effect the poorest communities the most severely.

Last night, over a hundred fishermen and other members of the coastal communities near Houma, Louisiana gathered for a meeting with representatives from the Coast Guard, the EPA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and BP.

Enhance protections for coastal and freshwater wetlands and advance implementation of other «natural barriers» (e.g. oyster reefs, sea grass, dunes) to protect communities from storm surges and rising waters.

Richer populations are assumed to be more likely to invest in coastal defences and some coastal communities will be less at risk than others, yet the cost of what Dr Hauer calls «adaptive infrastructure» in the US could reach $ 1 trillion.

At the other end of the floating home spectrum are the «guerilla» houseboat communities that grow informally in coastal inlets and marinas, such as along the Florida Keys.