Sentences with phrase «other coastal states»

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.

Either scenario would have drastic impacts in New Jersey and other coastal states.

California is a coastal state that is urbanized compared to even other coastal states.

Only a few other coastal states, including Iran and North Korea, have not approved the measure.

Not exact matches

Scott has ordered mandatory evacuations in Monroe County, the location of the popular Florida Keys, as well as much of Miami - Dade County and other low - lying and coastal counties in the state.

Work with private landowners, universities, and state and federal agencies to promote effective conservation practices for grassland sites, coastal barrier beaches, and other high - priority habitats.

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 sState 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 statestate.

«The Governor is evaluating all options, including legislation, the state's authority to review coastal consistency, and other legal challenges to prevent the egregious environmental and economic harm the federal government's proposal would cause.»

The state will enhance programs to encourage nature - based shorelines, improved engineering criteria for repairing coastal structures, coastal vulnerability assessments and other outreach.

Already half of China's coastal wetlands have disappeared over the past 50 years, enclosed by seawalls or overrun by ports and other development, according to the analysis, released here Monday by China's State Forestry Administration (SFA), the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, and the Paulson Institute, a nonprofit based in Chicago.

Gulf Coast Swamped — Human engineering efforts such as levees have reduced the ability of the wetlands of Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states to keep pace with subsiding land and rising sea levels, according to coastal scientist Robert Twilley of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

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The pollsters did not provide cost - of - living data, however, or regional differences reflecting high housing expenses in urban and coastal California — a reason many teachers move to other states or quit the profession.

What's more, Trump's executive order does nothing to the California mandate requiring a certain percentage of zero - emissions vehicles sold there and in 16 other, mostly coastal states.

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.

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A stunning coastal drive that rivals Californa's Highway 1 through Big Sur, the rugged Sonoma coast has wide open beaches, dramatic drop - offs, and more beach access points than any other county in the state.

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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.

«As a Senator from the Ocean State, protecting our great waters — and the coastal jobs they support — continues to be one of my top priorities, and I'll keep standing with Ocean Champions and other organizations to advance our shared goals.»

Objectively, it's more likely that there are other micro-regional climatic and human factors involved for the specific coastal state warmings.

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.

This finds stronger and solid footing in Article 5.1, which states, «Parties should take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases» (i.e. «biomass, forests and oceans, and other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems»).

The Pacific and Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are susceptible to many hydro - meteorological and other hazards, namely tropical storms and hurricanes, thunderstorms or lightning, coastal storm surges, floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, river flooding, tsunamis, drought, strong winds, heat waves, and dust or haze.

Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Stephanie worked as an environmental consultant, preparing and reviewing impact assessment documents, and collaborating with federal and state agencies and other key stakeholders, on behalf of clients associated with various coastal development projects, including offshore energy development projects.

Among the economic costs climate change is expected to enact on the United States over the next 25 years are: $ 35 million in annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms, $ 12 billion a year as a result of heat wave - driven demand for electricity, and tens of billions of dollars from the corn and wheat industry due to a 14 percent drop in crop yields.

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.

Back then, Palin was the governor of a state where «coastal erosion, thawing permafrost, retreating sea ice, record forest fires, and other changes are affecting, and will continue to affect, the lifestyles and livelihoods of Alaskans,» as she wrote (in a 2007 administrative order creating the state's Climate Change Sub-Cabinet).

It states that «global warming, poorly planned coastal development and other threats over which humans have some control are weakening natural defenses ranging from mangrove swamps to coral reefs that help keep the oceans at bay.»

A protest against a coal plant project two years ago in Sompeta in the eastern coastal state of Andhra Pradesh turned violent, with two farmers killed by police and several others wounded.

This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries; to identify some of the key challenges its adoption poses; and to suggest some broad next steps that are called for in order to ensure its implementation.

The move was seen as a necessary countermeasure to widespread coastal loss and degradation, which had already resulted in over 90 percent of the state's wetlands being lost and in large fisheries population declines, among other harmful consequences.

But while officials here and in other coastal cities, many of whom attended a two - day conference on climate change last week in Fort Lauderdale, have begun to address the problem, the issue has gotten little traction among state legislators in Tallahassee.

Florida has designated certain coastal areas throughout the state as high - risk areas, or those more prone to wind and hurricane losses than others.

Being a coastal state, California residents are lucky enough to be next to the beautiful ocean but that also means they are more prone to feel the aftermaths of earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters.

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.

As a coastal state, you may have increased risk of flooding, hurricane damage, and other water - related events in Maine.

Because California is a coastal state, earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters can make their presence known.

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