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Grasses Shape and Protect Coastal Dunes in Different Ways
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A study supported by NCCOS has found that the dominant type of beach grass influences the shape of coastal sand dunes, which in turn influences how ...
Beach Width Provides Greatest Protection Against Flooding, Erosion ...
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Beaches and sand dunes are critical to protecting coastal communities from storm surge, but the specifics of how different dune shapes, dimensions ...
How to Increase Ecosystem Services of Coastal Beaches and Dunes in the ...
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The project team will determine the economic value of ecosystem services provided by beaches and dunes and integrate the data and models to develop ...
The Effect of Sand Fencing on the Structure of Natural Dune Systems
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This study was supported in part by the NCCOS Effects of Sea Level Rise (ESLR) project “The Coastal Recovery from Storms Tool (CReST): A Model for ...
Gulf of Mexico - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Provides today’s conditions at multiple beaches along the west coast of Florida, this includes respiratory irritation, rip currents, wind, and others ...
Florida Red Tide Respiratory Forecasts Provided to Public via Beaches ...
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Example of the Beaches App, which includes information about current red tide conditions at beaches with NCCOS HAB Forecasts. The Florida red tide ...
Understanding Processes Driving Sand Dune Erosion and Creation on an ...
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Results of this study document how beaches and foredunes at Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina, have changed using airborne lidar and ...
Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions - NCCOS - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
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Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions Coastal storms, flooding, and rising seas combined with loss of habitat and biodiversity threaten coastal ...
If You Build It, Is It Worth It? The Value of Restoring Coastal Sand ...
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This image is an example of one of the choice cards given to survey participants regarding coastal and dune restoration options (Nguyen et al. 2023 ...
Experimental Florida Red Tide Forecast Helps Public Know Their Risks at ...
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The overall goal is to extend the Experimental Red Tide Respiratory Forecast to additional beaches in other counties, said Dr. Kate Hubbard, FWRI ...
Human Influences on Beach Loss (and Growth) in Orange County ...
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The team studied the evolution of beaches in Orange County over the past century through aerial and satellite imagery, as well as drone-based ...
Southwest Florida Satellite Imagery - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Composite 8-days of satellite imagery up to 12-05-2024 showing location of algae bloom which may include algae besides K. brevis.Overlaid cell count ...
Researchers Evaluate Long-term Effect of Adding Sand to Dauphin Island ...
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NCCOS-sponsored research assessed the effectiveness of beach and dune nourishment on the morphological resilience of Dauphin Island, Alabama, for a ...
The Effects of Sea Level Rise Program (ESLR) - NCCOS
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How to Increase the Ecosystem Services of Coastal Beaches and Dunes in the Pacific Northwest through Adaptation Planning (OR, WA) Caribbean ...
The Coastal Recovery from Storms Tool (CReST): Modeling Impacts of Sea ...
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Sandy beaches and dunes provide critical ecosystem services as the first line of defense against inundation from storms, conservation for native ...
New Research on Dunes Supports Better Protection from Coastal Flooding
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Dunes at Bogue Banks, North Carolina, with fencing that helps build dunes by trapping sand. Credit: NOAA. North Carolina’s Outer Banks have some of ...
Researchers Develop Drone-based System to Detect Marine Debris ...
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In December 2021, the researchers used beaches near Corpus Christi, Texas, to evaluate devices for the system and refine detection methods. Marine ...
Hypoxic Area off Pacific Northwest Coast has Grown Since 1950s
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Once dead, the crabs often wash up on beaches, such as these crabs photographed on Kalaloch Beach in Washington on June 14, 2022. Photo: Jenny ...
Red tide kills fish along South Sarasota County, Charlotte County ...
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The widespread nature and intensity of the bloom, strongest off Charlotte Harbor, exceeds a smaller outbreak at this time last year and is the largest ...
An Early Warning System for Pseudo-nitzschia Harmful Algal Blooms on ...
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We are developing a monitoring- and modeling-based forecast system for blooms of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia and particulate domoic acid on beaches ...