Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise write by John B. Anderson. This book was released on 2018. Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise write by John B. Anderson. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the main impacts of global warming is accelerated sea-level rise: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predictions suggest that the rate of rise could reach as high as 5'10 mm/yr by the end of this century. While it is generally recognized that accelerated sea-level rise will severely impact low-gradient coastlines, scientists are still ill prepared to predict coastal response. A study of seven Gulf Coast estuaries (Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound, Weeks Bay, Calcasieu Lake, Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, and Corpus Christi Bay) was aimed at examining their response to past changes in the rate of sea-level rise and climate. The rates of change are of the same magnitude as those predicted for this century. The estuarine response to change has been one of abrupt landward retreat and major reorganization of estuarine environments at decadal time scales. This book should be of interest to scientists and policy makers concerned with future impacts of global warming.
Atlas of Sustainable Strategies for Galveston Island
Atlas of Sustainable Strategies for Galveston Island - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Atlas of Sustainable Strategies for Galveston Island write by Christopher Hight. This book was released on 2010. Atlas of Sustainable Strategies for Galveston Island available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Barrier Dynamics and Response to Changing Climate
Barrier Dynamics and Response to Changing Climate - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Barrier Dynamics and Response to Changing Climate write by Laura J. Moore. This book was released on 2018-01-17. Barrier Dynamics and Response to Changing Climate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents chapters, written by leading coastal scientists, which collectively depict the current understanding of the processes that shape barrier islands and barrier spits, with an emphasis on the response of these landforms to changing conditions. A majority of the world’s population lives along the coast at the dynamic intersection between terrestrial and marine ecosystems and landscapes. As narrow, low-lying landforms, barriers are especially vulnerable to changes in sea level, storminess, the geographic distribution of grass species, and the rate of sand supply—some barriers will undergo rapid changes in state (e.g., from landward migrating to disintegrating), on human time scales. Attempts by humans to prevent change can hasten the loss of these landforms, threatening their continued existence as well as the recreational, financial and ecosystem service benefits they provide. Understanding the processes and interactions that drive landscape response to climate change and human actions is essential to adaptation. As managers and governments struggle to plan for the future along low-lying coasts worldwide, and scientists conduct research that provides useful guidance, this volume offers a much-needed compilation for these groups, as well as a window into the science of barrier dynamics for anyone who is generally interested in the impacts of a changing world on coastal environments.
America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities
America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities write by Joseph T. Kelley. This book was released on 2009-01-01. America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Sea level is rising, and yet Americans continue to develop beaches with little regard. In this volume, a group of coastal geologists discusses the startling saga of ten U.S. East and Gulf Coast shoreline communities (plus Puerto Rico and some western Europe strands) and the problems created by their inevitable interaction with natural processes in this highly dynamic geologic environment. The authors discuss the geologic context of the hazards of each site as the history of societal responses and their environmental impacts. Response to the natural coastal processes that threaten lives and buildings is carried out in a context of local, state and national politics with fixed short-term engineering solutions (beach replenishment, seawalls) generally favored over longer-term approaches (moving back, prohibition of seawalls). This essential GSA Special Paper foreshadows the impending rise of sea level and the myriad of shoreline responses and political controversies it will provoke."--Publisher's description.
