Browsing by Subject "sea level rise"
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Adapting to Rising Sea Levels
(2010)According to IPCC estimates, sea levels will rise between .18 and .6 meters by 2100. More recent estimates indicate that actual amounts of sea level rise may be much more, and that 1 meter of sea level rise by 2100 is likely ... -
Analysis of Global Sea Level Rise Impact and Adaptation Risk Assessments
(2011-04-28)Global sea levels currently are rising and will continue to rise far into the future. This rise engenders significant risks to life and the environment, as it creates negative physical, economic, and societal impacts across ... -
Analysis of Global Sea Level Rise Impact Risk Assessments
(2011-04-28)Global sea levels currently are rising and will continue to rise far into the future. This rise engenders significant risks to life and the environment, as it creates negative physical, economic, and societal impacts across ... -
Assessing Economic Impacts of Barrier Beach Drowning: Fire Island, New York
(2008-04-24)Barrier islands are critical to our economy, lifestyle and welfare, as homes, businesses, and critical roadways are located on or near barriers. Over the past 30 years, barrier islands have become densely developed. Now, ... -
COASTAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION: Ecological and Socioeconomic effects of Climate Change in Dare, Hyde, and Tyrrell Counties
(2012-04-26)Climate change threatens the ecological and socioeconomic sustainability of Dare, Hyde, and Tyrrell counties as they are the three lowest-lying counties in all of North Carolina, making them particularly vulnerable to sea ... -
EVALUATING THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL EXTENT OF INUNDATION DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE ON LAND, BUILDINGS, AND PEOPLE IN MO’OREA, FRENCH POLYNESIA
(2019-04-24)Driven by a combination of ice sheet loss, ocean thermal expansion, and changes in land water storage, sea levels are expected to rise, though local rates of change vary considerably. Historically, small island nations have ... -
Evolution of Coastal Landforms: Investigating Sediment Dynamics, Hydrodynamics, and Vegetation Dynamics
(2018)Coastal ecosystems provide a wide range of services including protecting the mainland from the destructive effects of storms, nutrient cycling, water filtration, nurseries for fish and crustaceans, and carbon sequestration. ... -
Global Environmental Change in Coastal North Carolina: Public Opinion and Impact Mitigation
(2007-08-31)Abstract As research progresses the observed or anticipated impacts of global warming become more pronounced and the projections more precise. Impacts along coastlines include sea level rise (SLR) and increasing proportion ... -
IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON RIVER HERRING SPAWNING AND NURSERY HABITAT IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
(2009-04-24)River herring populations have declined in abundance by 99% since the 1970s, in part because of spawning and nursery habitat loss. In Eastern North Carolina, river herring spawn in coastal streams and adjacent riparian ... -
Nature-based Urban Flood Resilience: a policy analysis of natural flood mitigation measures in sea level rise planning in New Orleans, New York City, and San Francisco
(2017-08-18)Sea level rise (SLR) and severe weather events have already exposed the vulnerability of coastal cities to flood events. Regional planning bodies are developing comprehensive plans to build resiliency utilizing both hardened ... -
Physical and Program Options for the Inland Migration of Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands in Response to Relative Sea Level Rise
(2012-04-26)Louisiana contains over a third of the coastal wetlands in the contiguous U.S., but has seen a drastic reduction in total wetland area in the last century. This loss is especially troubling for coastal Louisiana where wetlands ... -
Physical and Program Options for the Inland Migration of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands in Response to Relative Sea Level Rise
(2012-04-26)Louisiana contains over a third of the coastal wetlands in the contiguous US, but has seen a drastic reduction in total wetland area in the last century. This loss is especially troubling for coastal Louisiana where wetlands ... -
Protecting beaches and sea turtles: An analysis of beach nourishment in North Carolina, the impacts on nesting loggerhead sea turtles, and how sea level rise will transform the status quo.
(2014-04-22)Federally protected loggerhead sea turtles rely on wide sandy beaches for their terrestrial reproductive phase. Accustomed to hurricanes and erosion, North Carolina has taken to extensive beach nourishment efforts for shoreline ... -
Sea Level Rise Adaptation and Mitigation Planning in Charleston, South Carolina
(2015-04-24)As sea level rise continues to occur on a global scale, coastal cities need to be evaluating the risk and potential impacts it will have on their communities and developing adaptation and mitigation strategies to effectively ... -
Sea Level Rise Education and Outreach for Coastal North Carolina
(2011-04-25)Environmental education and outreach are vital for preparing North Carolina to cope with impending sea level rise and the large number of risks it presents to the state’s coastal communities. The North Carolina Coastal ... -
Sea Level Rise Inundation Modeling Using Stormwater Infrastructure, in Norfolk Virginia
(2022-04-21)Sea level rise due to climate change is accelerating globally. Portions of the east coast of the United States, including the city of Norfolk, Virginia, see rising sees at almost three times the global rate. Sea level rise ... -
Shifting Coastal Wetland Communities in North Carolina: An Historical Spatial Analysis of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
(2011-04-28)Coastal wetlands are dynamic landscapes shaped by many factors. However, there is growing concern that sea level rise brought on by climate change, and its associated physical pressures (e.g. saltwater intrusion, increased ...
