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Coastal Change Hazards Portal - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Create a map of potential ecological, social, and economic impacts from rising seas and changing climate. Resources are organized under three themes ...
Coastal Change Program Review
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Coastal Change Program Review From November 15-17, 2022, NCCOS conducted a scientific review of its Coastal Change efforts. Links to materials from ...
Climate Change - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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NCCOS is helping communities mitigate and adapt to climate change by conducting research on detecting and assessing change in coastal ecosystems. By ...
Climate Impacts on Ecosystems: - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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NCCOS conducts multidisciplinary ecological research to assess and predict how environmental changes from climate variability affect the distributions ...
Community and Social Vulnerability - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Climate change and its associated rising and warming sea levels and intensifying weather events disproportionately impact coastal communities ...
Weather and Water: Using Data Science to Create Models and Tools to ...
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The SST data were used to model weather-driven coastal change that can cause sea turtle hypothermia and mortality. Weather patterns have also been ...
Climate Change Impacts on Intertidal Zone Populations
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Science Area(s): Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change; Region(s) of Study: Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon ...
How Should Coastal Resilience be Defined?
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NCCOS scientists have published Understanding Resilience in Communities Across the U.S. Coastline, which compares different metrics for measuring the ...
Assessing the Geographic Variability in Vulnerability to Climate Change ...
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Coastal communities are increasingly vulnerable to climate effects, such as sea level rise and coastal erosion. To address these and other changing co ...
Combination of Shoreline Stabilization Approaches Offers Best Long-term ...
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Restored smooth cordgrass marsh with additional protection against wave action (in this case, oyster castles). Credit: Beryl Kahn/NOAA. NCCOS-funded ...
Coastal Ocean Acidification - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Coastal Ocean Acidification Ocean acidification is driven predominantly by ocean uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting in global-scale ...
Assessing Community Risk in Relation to Inland and Coastal Flood Hazard ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessing-community-risk-in-relation-to-inland-flood-hazard-in-washington-county-and-east-grand-region-maine/
As climate change continues, it will become even more important to provide capacity to areas of high climate vulnerability. Rural inland and coastal ...
Assessing PFAS Toxicity to Estuarine Fish and Invertebrates
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In our PFAS studies, the fish and invertebrates were exposed to several concentrations of the PFAS compounds for 96 hours (acute exposures) to ...
Modeling Reveals How Wetland Restoration Mitigates Flooding in Coastal ...
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This work supports the Coastal Zone Management Act sections 1451 and 1452. Project partners include Louisiana State University, the Institute for ...
Climate Change Likely to Worsen Impact of Urban Runoff on Southern ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/climate-change-likely-to-worsen-impact-of-urban-runoff-on-southern-california-ocean/
The downtown Los Angeles skyline. Credit Wikimedia Commons. An NCCOS-funded study found that nutrient-laden, urban runoff is fueling algal blooms in ...
Assessing Community Risk in Relation to Flood Hazard in the U.S. Virgin ...
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Communities on small islands with large coastal zones often rely heavily on their coastal environments. These areas are also more likely to face ...
Ocean Acidification and Sea Scallops: Predicting Impacts of Climate Change
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Even though most coastal resources face similar issues, few tools are available for managers to use to assess potential outcomes prior to making ...
Benthic Habitat Characterization and Climate Change Vulnerability ...
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Cordell Bank, Greater Farallones and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries harbor diverse communities of deep-water fish, corals and sponges ...
Redox reactions and weak buffering capacity lead to acidification in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/redox-reactions-and-weak-buffering-capacity-lead-to-acidification-in-the-chesapeake-bay/
The combined effects of anthropogenic and biological CO2 inputs may lead to more rapid acidification in coastal waters compared to the open ocean. It ...
Sea Sponges Reveal Larger Impact of Climate Change on Global ...
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A researcher sampling a sclerosponge in St. Croix. Credit: Doug Kesling. A newly published study used an unlikely source to determine a more accurate ...