Sentences with phrase «on other coastal areas»

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The coastal areas where thick with a variety of seabirds and other waterbirds, some northward bound to boreal or Arctic breeding grounds, and others already established on their home turf.

In 2011, 193 countries committed themselves to the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets, including a goal of «effectively and equitably» managing 10 percent of their coastal and marine areas within MPAs and «other effective area - based conservation measures» by 2020.

«This study demonstrates that human infrastructure development along coastal areas have long - term consequences on the ability of coastal wetlands to adapt to sea - level rise and other processes that reduce the size of coastal wetlands,» said Talib Oliver - Cabrera, the study's first author and a UM Rosenstiel School Ph.D. student.

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

This tweet pulls together two articles on how flood protections can backfire — one on this coastal storm, the other on redevelopment in areas around St. Louis inundated by the great Mississippi flood of 1993:

Other coastal areas that do not possess Bangladesh's unique geography also can not depend on increased sedimentation to offset sea level rise.

They will do that by taking a close look at restrictions on building in hazardous coastal areas, making coastal structures more storm - proof, protecting and enhancing coastal wetlands and other ecosystem features that can buffer storm impacts, and creating financial incentives to promote protective behaviors.

SLR already threatens several small island states in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and, depending on how much sea level will rise in the coming decades and centuries, other coastal areas will become uninhabitable.

With coastal vegetation's improvement of water quality by filtering becoming more evident, it is also necessary to point out how young fish very often use these nursery areas to thrive; storms are buffered and even how many other (species such as manatee) are dependent on these habitats.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other climate scientists regard global warming of two degrees Celsius as catastrophic, bringing water stress to arid and semi-arid countries, more floods in low - lying coastal areas, coastal erosion in small island states, and the elimination of up to 30 percent of animal and plant species.

The only comprehensive study of the Antarctic Ice Sheet mass was a 10 + year study based on continuous 24/365 satellite measurements over the period 1993 to 2003, covering 80 % of the AIS with estimates from other methods for the remaining 20 %, which can not be measured by satellites (coastal areas and polar regions).

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

These changes and other climatic changes have affected and will continue to affect human health, water supply, agriculture, transportation, energy, coastal areas, and many other sectors of society, with increasingly adverse impacts on the American economy and quality of life.3

Other architects contested Demirkan's theory, saying there were severe floods in the area before the coastal highway was constructed, and that the road's effect on rainwater drainage had been considered when it was being built.

The most widely quoted estimates, like those in the Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy, known as DICE, used by Yale's William Nordhaus and colleagues, depend upon educated guesswork to place a value on the negative effects of global warming in a number of crucial areas, especially agriculture and coastal protection, then try to make some allowance for other possible repercussions.

Sheppard Mullin lawyers also counsel clients on a variety of matters relating to the California Environmental Quality Act as it affects projects on urban waterfronts and in coastal areas, and have supervised the preparation of EIRs and other environmental documents.

They boast all the sun and fun of Miami, Aventura, and other coastal areas, with a family - friendly atmosphere that buyers like you place high value on.