Sentences with phrase «only coastal populations»

It is not only coastal populations that are threatened by rising global temperatures.

Not exact matches

Only the investigation of population - wide effects makes it possible to draw conclusions for coastal ecosystems.»

One recent study by Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, and Bridget Anderson (2007) found that although coastal areas less than 10 meters above sea level constitute only 2 percent of the world's land area, they contain 10 percent of the world's population.

However I did look at what would happen after that in relative, rather than absolute time, by featuring not only changes in geography, but in chapter by chapter fashion looking at trends in human population, agriculture, coastal city infrastructure (all those buried wires!)

The coastal population of minke whales from California through Washington is estimated at only 600-1000 individuals.

There is good reason to believe that floating wind can not only emulate this, but can facilitate accelerated growth in new markets and regions where securing low - carbon electricity at low cost for energy - intensive coastal populations is a growing priority.

A recent study found that all of North America is home to ∼ 5 % of the world's coastal population living less than 10 m above sea level (45); accordingly, we address here only a small fraction of the overall challenge.

essay, storm surges from hurricanes and other tropical cyclones have always been a serious problem for coastal - dwellers, and as populations increase, the problem will only become greater in the future.

The population projections for the LECZ and the coastal flood plain are, to our knowledge, the only quantitative global estimates that account for (i) the faster growth of coastal regions in comparison to the landlocked hinterland and (ii) differential population growth of coastal urban areas as opposed to coastal non-urban areas.