Sentences with phrase «rose along its shores»

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In this study, the effects of sea level rise (assumed to continue at present, at the time of the study, rates, which the authors noted was likely conservative), wave fetch, wind speed and direction were examined and the resultant erosion rate was estimated for the Western and Eastern shore of Uppands, Port Isobel and Tangier Island by selecting 10 points along the western and eastern shoreline of all the islands.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: A ray of sunshine during an otherwise dismal time for people living along the shore of Lake Ontario, who continue their fight against rising waters: Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a $ 10 million fund to help repair some of the damage.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Rising sea levels could threaten the towns far from the shore — those along the Hudson River.

«While sea level rise sets the conditions for landward displacement of the shore, coastal storms supply the energy to do the «geologic work» by moving the sand off and along the beach,» writes Leatherman on his DrBeach.org website.

According to Joseph P. Gill, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, impacts associated with sea level rise are already being seen along Maryland's coast, such as the documented loss of islands within the Chesapeake Bay, as well as visible changes to wetland habitats all along Maryland's low - lying eastern shore.

If one is looking for a symbol of the rise and fall — and resurrection — of the American high school, one need but take the # 1 IRT subway to 225th Street in the Bronx, then walk a few blocks up Marble Hill along the north shore of the Harlem River.

You will find several surfers along the way and the view of the medieval town of Yvoire as you get closer is even more stunning, the Yvoire castle and the stone houses of the village rise high above the boats and yachts lining the village shore.

If only the Greenland Ice Sheet melted, sea levels would fall along the shores of Scotland, and the Netherlands would see only one - fifth the average sea - level rise worldwide.

Coastal erosion occurs due to a combination of factors, including sea level rise, loss of sand supply (from the damming of rivers, shoreline structures that interrupt along - shore sand transport, dredging projects, and the paving of watersheds), and geologic changes in the land.

Batches of sand from a beach on the Delaware Bay are yielding insights into the powerful impact of temperature rise and evaporation along the shore that are in turn challenging long - held assumptions about what causes beach salinity to fluctuate in coastal zones that support a rich network of sea creatures and plants.

Thawing permafrost, melting sea ice, and rising sea levels along the Alaskan shore has eroded the coastline near a Defense Department early warning radar site.