Sentences with phrase «rises on coastal communities»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Mayors of 21 cities in Florida on Friday called on the moderators of next week's presidential debates in Miami to ask candidates how they would deal with rising sea levels caused by climate change, a concern of the state's coastal communities.

When used together, the researchers conclude, the state of these indices can be used as a tool to project when major impacts on coastal communities may occur, impacts that can range from flooding to erosion, and may be experienced (and here is the important part) regardless of mean sea level rise.

Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona, and recipient of the shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a Coordinating Lead Author for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment, will address the trend of droughts in the west and the vulnerability of coastal communities as they face sea level rise coupled with increasing storm intensities.

Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona, and recipient of the shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a Coordinating Lead Author for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment, will address the trend of droughts in the west and the vulnerability of coastal communities as they face sea level rise coupled with increasing storm intensities.

My friend and sometime fishing partner Carl Safina, the marine scientist, conservationist and writer (who lives on Long Island), wrote a hard - edged piece for the CNN Web site calling out coastal communities and the nation for complacency in the face of climate change and rising seas.

On the aspect of hurricanes and tropical storms and continuing weakness of the levees that protect low - lying coastal and riverine communities I forsee more wasted tax dollars (flood insurance payments) trying to postpone the inevitable: moving permanent structures to higher ground to get ahead of sea level rise.

Learn about the current state of sea level rise research, the questions yet to be answered and the potential impact on coastal communities.

I was out on Nantucket, Mass., over the weekend for the first «Living on the Edge» conference exploring how coastal communities can build resilience in the face of rising sea levels.

On the one hand, a warmer globe will cause sea levels to rise, threatening coastal communities; on the other hand, greater warmth will make it easier and cheaper to grow crops and avoid high heating billOn the one hand, a warmer globe will cause sea levels to rise, threatening coastal communities; on the other hand, greater warmth will make it easier and cheaper to grow crops and avoid high heating billon the other hand, greater warmth will make it easier and cheaper to grow crops and avoid high heating bills.

At less than 1 ˚C we are on the way to triggering a multi-metre sea - level rise that will devastate coastal infrastructure, delta peasant - farming communities and some of the world's biggest cities.

But all three also point to the same bleak conclusion: human impacts on the atmosphere promise only the choice between a dangerous future, and a catastrophic one, as the planetary thermometer rises, glaciers and icecaps melt, the oceans become more acidic and more likely to flood coastal communities, hurricanes and typhoons become more intense and destructive, heatwaves become more lethal and droughts become more devastating.

For example, as a result of ice melting on land, such as from glaciers and ice sheets, as well as thermal expansion of the ocean, we have seen sea level rise 3.4 millimeters per year from 1993 - 2015, which puts coastal communities at risk of flooding and infrastructure damage.

Following the NASA story, Edward Hannah, reader in climate change at the University of Sheffield, wrote in the Guardian that «the Greenland ice sheet is living on borrowed time», and that «tens of centimetres» of sea - level rise «would make many coastal communities more vulnerable to flooding and storm surges».

With satellite data, rising sea levels can be monitored, helping communities on islands and along coastal areas plan.

A recent World Bank study on the effects of sea level rise estimated that a minimum of 57 million people would be displaced by a 1 - meter rise in sea level and many coastal cities and communities would be at significant risk.

From heartland communities enduring more extreme weather to coastal communities facing the threat of rising sea levels, the residents of America's cities are on the front line of the fight against climate change.

If you don't know what's happening to small islands... communities like the Carteret Islands are on the front lines of climate change, because of rising seas and severe weather — they are experiencing more severe storm surges, coastal erosion.

The eco-resort will be built on Al Siniyah Island in an area of natural beauty, which includes coastal mangroves and unspoilt beaches, and will feature low - rise luxury residential communities, hotels, boutique retail outlets, an 18 - hole golf course, a marina and watersport facilities.