Sentences with phrase «understand coastal impacts»

However, in order to understand coastal impacts under current and future climate and socio - economic conditions, not only robust SLR projections are required but also a profound knowledge of the drivers and occurrence of present - day and future extreme sea levels (ESL), as ESL drive the impacts (Bindoff et al 2007).

«In order to understand coastal impacts under current and future climate and socio - economic conditions, we do not only need robust projections of mean sea level rise but also a profound knowledge of present - day and future extreme sea levels, because these events drive the impacts,» Wahl said.

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This productive partnership has been providing Canadian researchers and their international colleagues with the ability to monitor and understand the impacts of climate change and resource development on Arctic marine and coastal ecosystems and northern communities since 2003.

Amélie works in the realm of marine and coastal ecology and conservation and her research interests include the use of spatial tools (GIS, spatio - temporal analyses, bio-logging, habitat mapping) to understand and mitigate impacts of anthropogenic activities and changes on wildlife and natural values.

Understanding how such year - to - year natural climate variations impact coastal water levels is key to developing a full picture of the sea level rise threat through the end of the century.

She is also a Nereus fellow, which means she is part of the collaborative Nereus program between six leading marine science institutes with the aim of undertaking research that advances our comprehensive understandings of the global ocean systems across the natural and social sciences, from oceanography and marine ecology to fisheries economics and impacts on coastal communities.

Due to lack of climate data in the coastal areas, there is not enough understanding on the impact of changing climate on coastal ecosystems.

These visualization tools can be used to improve understanding of potential impacts from sea level rise and assist planning efforts in coastal communities.

This workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of policy makers, transport planners and transport infrastructure managers in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to understand climate change impacts on coastal transport infrastructure and take appropriate adaptation response measures.

They say this approach is crucial to understanding the full scope and complexity of ocean acidification's impact, as well as to predicting how acidification will affect the coastal communities that depend on these ecosystems.

Understand changes in Arctic ocean chemistry, as well as historical and projected changes in sea - ice extent and the impacts of these changes on coastal communities.

In contrast, the revised paradigm of anthropogenic impacts on seawater pH accommodates the full range of realized and future trends in pH of both open - ocean and coastal ecosystems and provides an improved framework to understand and model the dynamic pH environment of coastal ecosystems, with observed daily fluctuations often exceeding the range of mean pH values estimated for the open ocean as a consequence of OA during the twenty - first century by GCMs (Price et al. 2012; Tables 1 and 2).

«Until now, a lack of information and monitoring has been a major impediment to understanding the extent and impacts of «dead zones» and eutrophication in coastal ecosystems,» said Mindy Selman, senior water quality analyst at WRI, in a press release.