New research published this week in the Journal of Climate reveals that one key measurement — large - scale upper - ocean temperature changes caused by natural cycles of the ocean — is a good indicator of
regional coastal sea level changes on these decadal timescales.
Not exact matches
The report, «Global and
Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States,» provides regional sea - level rise scenarios and tools for coastal preparedness planning and risk manageme
Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States,» provides regional sea - level rise scenarios and tools for coastal preparedness planning and risk manage
Level Rise Scenarios for the United States,» provides
regional sea - level rise scenarios and tools for coastal preparedness planning and risk manageme
sea -
level rise scenarios and tools for coastal preparedness planning and risk manage
level rise scenarios and tools for
coastal preparedness planning and risk management.
Sea level rise is a significant threat to the world's
coastal areas, but the threat is not the same everywhere on Earth — it depends on many
regional factors.
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 overarching goal of this WCRP research effort, led by WCRP's Core Project «Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change» (CLIVAR) as a Research Focus, is to establish a quantitative understanding of the natural and anthropogenic mechanisms of
regional to local
sea level variability; to promote advances in observing systems required for an integrated
sea level monitoring; and to foster the development of
sea level predictions and projections that are of increasing benefit for
coastal zone management.
By the late 21st century, climate models project that
sea level will rise up to a foot higher than the global average along the northeast US coastline, resulting in a dramatic increase in
regional coastal flood risk.
Lukovich et al. (Centre for Earth Observation Science, U. of Manitoba); 4.6; Heuristic - Dynamics Investigation of dynamical atmospheric contributions in spring to
sea ice conditions in fall, based on comparison of 2011 and 2007 stratospheric and surface winds and
sea level pressure (SLP) in April and May suggests
regional differences in
sea ice extent in fall, in a manner consistent with recent studies highlighting the importance of
coastal geometry in seasonal interpretations of
sea ice cover (Eisenman, 2010).
In the future, high - end estimates of ice discharge and
regional effects, such as local thermal expansion and
coastal subsidence, place the upper limits of relative
sea -
level rise for the Netherlands at 0.65 to 1.3 m by 2100, excluding gravitational effects.
Analyses of tide gauge and altimetry data by Vinogradov and Ponte (2011), which indicated the presence of considerably small spatial scale variability in annual mean
sea level over many
coastal regions, are an important factor for understanding the uncertainties in
regional sea -
level simulations and projections at sub-decadal time scales in coarse - resolution climate models that are also discussed in Chapter 13.
Mean
sea level (MSL) evolution has a direct impact on
coastal areas and is a crucial index of climate change since it reflects both the amount of heat added in the ocean and the mass loss due to land ice melt (e.g. IPCC, 2013; Dieng et al., 2017) Long - term and inter-annual variations of the
sea level are observed at global and
regional scales.
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.
A recent study on the North Pacific circulation patterns over the past 1.2 million years determined that
sea ice on
coastal areas can be an important factor in ocean circulation, therefore influencing climate at global and
regional levels.