Sentences with phrase «on coastal ecosystems»

The climate exposure of each reserve provides «first alarm» indicators about the effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems.

Due to lack of climate data in the coastal areas, there is not enough understanding on the impact of changing climate on coastal ecosystems.

Evidence shows that if a spill were to occur, little, if any oil would be recovered, leading to lasting impacts on coastal ecosystems across the Northeast.

The achievements of COASST, which currently has about 850 volunteers, include documenting the world's single largest die - off of seabirds from a harmful algal bloom as well as contributing to many analyses of the potential impacts of resource development on coastal ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.

In an influential 2001 paper [subscription required], Jackson had already described the ripple effects of overfishing on coastal ecosystems.

«This could cause the coast to be flooded with low - oxygen water, which may put severe stress on the coastal ecosystems and may even provoke fish kills and the die - off of other marine life.»

Nancy Rabalais, who studies pollution impacts on coastal ecosystems and led a study of oil impacts for the National Academy of Sciences, deferred on weighing the wisdom of burning, but said that if the oil crosses the 23 remaining miles of sea and soaks the fragile coastline, substantial impacts are inevitable.

Interests: Function, structure and controls on coastal ecosystems, land - sea couplings, impacts of urbanization and deforestation on coastal ecosystems, management of coastal environments, international environmental policy.