Sentences with phrase «other coastal areas of»

The demonstrations grew from a few concerned Burnaby residents to many hundreds of people, some from other coastal areas of BC and some from across Canada and generated largely sympathetic local and national media coverage.

So far, today's tsunami has mainly affected Japan — there are reports of up to 300 dead in the coastal city of Sendai — but future tsunamis could strike the U.S. and virtually any other coastal area of the world with equal or greater force, say scientists.

Not exact matches

The submarine was designed to «destroy important economic installations of the enemy in coastal areas and cause guaranteed devastating damage to the country's territory by creating wide areas of radioactive contamination, rendering them unusable for military, economic or other activity for a long time,» the BBC reported.

This project also will provide for the construction of a cold - storage facility at Guyana's Cheddi International Airport, to meet the needs of small and large producers in Timehri, Soesdyke and other areas of Region 10, which is a large area just south of the northern coastal regions.

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.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous - Cole, said the police had beefed up security in the school and other colleges in the coastal areas of the state.

He however added that, the NDC government has provided more development to the Volta Region in areas of education, health, roads, coastal development among others.

The researcher team agreed that including extreme sea levels into coastal impact studies is imperative in helping vulnerable parts of the world effectively protect themselves by adapting through new or upgraded infrastructure such as dikes, pumping systems, barriers, or other tools like new building codes or flood zoning that prevents new infrastructure from being built in high - risk areas.

What is clear is that in coastal areas around the world, people have unwittingly created spawning grounds for huge numbers of jellyfish simply by building docks and other structures that quickly multiplying jellyfish polyps can attach to.

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.

One is geomorphological: erosion provides the sediment that builds up the natural coastal defences of other areas of coastline, by forming marshes or beaches, shingle bars or mud flats.

«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.

Together with similar tracks found recently in other parts of the world, the Skye trackways reveal that sauropods spent lots of time in coastal areas and shallow water.

The most recent plan provides a policy platform for the protection of marine ecosystems and the restoration of fisheries within China's exclusive economic zone — an area of coastal water and seabed to which China claims exclusive rights for fishing, drilling, and other economic activities.

Greening Australia is now working with other landowners in the area to restore 200 hectares of coastal wetlands.

The scientists detailed their best effort to come up with estimates of carbon cycling in three subsets of coastal areas: those dominated by river outlets, others consisting of filtering estuaries and bays, and the continental shelf — any coastal water reaching a depth of about 200 meters or fewer.

(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.

Rising sea levels will make coastal areas more prone to flooding, regional droughts are likely to increase in frequency and intensity, summer months are likely to have more extreme - heat days, and thunderstorms and other weather events are likely to become more intense in some parts of the world.

The state's exposure to hurricanes and tropical storms is typical of other southern coastal areas, but not subject to as high a volume of annual weather events as other states.

Residential construction costs vary widely, but for other than expensive coastal areas construction costs run around $ 86 per square foot, according to a 2017 National Association of Home Builders survey.

Even if you think you're in an area that's impossible to insure because of the coastal risk or for other reasons, Effective Coverage has deep working relationships with top underwriters who can make surprising things happen.

This is particularly true in many of the nation's larger, coastal metros that are generally experiencing faster growth and offer more opportunity than other areas.

While many other kennels in the area exist within more of a warehouse setting, Shamrock Ranch Kennels sets itself apart with 200 acres of open space, cool coastal breezes and a relaxed ambiance.

Meanwhile, other adventurous types may like to dip out of the area altogether to visit some more of Portugal's gems, and none come more alluring than the stunning coastal city Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal — a mesmerising place to daytrip to during you holidays in the Algarve.

Remember The Noble Grape isn't just convenient to all the wineries, it's also a short drive to all the other attractions of the area including art galleries, chocolate and cheese makers, furniture workshops, bushwalk trails and of course some of the finest surf beaches and coastal scenery.

Over a quarter of Costa Rica's landmass has been set aside in 20 National Parks, coastal and rain forest reserves, and other protected areas.

There are numerous other beaches in the area, one of the most popular being Playa Troncones, a 3 1/2 mile long beach about a 40 - minute drive north of Zihuatanejo along the coastal highway.

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.

He believed the visitors of Tulamben Beach would also move to other coastal areas like Kuta and Nusa Dua.

[45] Prior to the agricultural expansion, installation of drainage systems, and other disturbances, this broad, flat, coastal area contained a series of marshes, salt flats, sloughs, and lagoons.

In Guanacaste province, Rincon de la Vieja National Park is a favorite area for canopy tours and other aerial adventures, due to both proximity to coastal resort areas and the diversity of ecosystems that visitors can discover.

Winter can bring ideal weather to Baja California Sur and the Cape area, while the Pacific coastal regions of northern Baja can bring welcome relief from the summer heat of other parts of the peninsula.

From Cancun to Playa Del Carmen and a number of other key destinations, there is one area in particular that is considered to be one of the more quiet and more peaceful places to enjoy coastal Mexico.

Mexico certainly has its share of beautiful coastal resort areas, however one place in particular is truly a place like no other.

Best of all, the area has a wide variety of amenities found in other bigger coastal Mexico cities.

Few other areas of coastal Mexico can compare in this regard.

Few other areas of coastal Mexico can compare to the beauty, splendor and delight that Cancun makes available to every vacationer.

In fact, few other areas of coastal Mexico can compare to what Cancun makes possible.

Numerous other cultures that flourished from the coastal regions until the mountainous areas of the Andes lived in this territory.

Fernández Piña added that in addition to permanent beach cleaning, other municipal administration officials have been given the task of maintaining order along the coastal areas to ensure the greatest level of comfort to visitors.

Be sure to leave time to check out some of the other coastal features in the area.

Located in the Los Angele port neighborhood of San Pedro, overlooking the Korean Friendship Bell and the coastal cliffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, this hostel in an old Army barracks is not too far from the LA Cruise Terminal, harbor tours and other harbor attractions, but remote and inconvenient to most tourist areas of LA.

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:

Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

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..

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.

Several degrees of warming is not trivial, it would result in sea level rises large enough to wipe out many coastal areas which are currently heavily populated - parts of Florida, Bangladesh, India, Bangkok, etc, etc, quite apart from other changes possibly precipitated by the loss of the ice caps.

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.