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Coastal Erosion and Sea Level Rise are Putting Florida’s Cultural ...
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NCCOS’ Effects of Sea Level Rise (ESLR) Program is dedicated to supporting the advancement of modeling to inform planning, immediate coastal ...
Hardening Shorelines to Reduce Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Erosion ...
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Many coastal communities consider building above- or below-ground seawalls to avoid the risk of saltwater mixing with the freshwater aquifers that ...
Beach Width Provides Greatest Protection Against Flooding, Erosion ...
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Dune erosion, or scarping, caused by Hurricane Matthew along Shackleford Banks, North Carolina. Credit: Laura Moore. Beaches and sand dunes are ...
Research Reveals the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions for Increasing ...
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The project, which uses dredged sediments to restore coastal fringing wetlands to their historical extent, would be located adjacent to the primary ...
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 ...
Sediment Management Guide Supports Coastal Resilience by Identifying ...
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Nature-based solutions to coastal erosion and flooding, such as restoring dunes and wetlands, can help counter the effects of sea level rise, but they ...
Understanding Processes Driving Sand Dune Erosion and Creation on an ...
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Coastal sand dunes are dynamic features that are continuously evolving due to winds and waves. The relative importance of these complex coastal ...
Predicting Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
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Rising sea level and erosion will also imperil critical habitats for many commercially important fisheries that depend on inshore waters for either ...
Benthic Mapping, Ground-Truthing, and Habitat Modeling to Support Great ...
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Unfortunately, the lakes are under threat from a variety of natural and anthropogenic disturbances, such as coastal erosion, habitat loss, invasive ...
Celebrating 25 Years of Science Serving Coastal Communities
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We measure and model reductions in wave energy, shoreline erosion, and inundation provided by coastal ecosystems. For instance, 100 feet of marsh can ...
Evaluating the Performance of Nature-Based Solutions
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Why We Care. Nature-based solutions for coastal protection, such as wetlands, dunes, islands, coral and oyster reefs, provide erosion and flood ...
The Effect of Sand Fencing on the Structure of Natural Dune Systems
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Sand fencing on a beach or dune can help trap sands and assist in building a new foredune in front of a natural dune, to provide additional protection ...
Coral Restoration for Coastal Resilience: A Decision Support Framework
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Description of the key ecological, and hydrodynamic processes and criteria for coral restoration for coastal protection at multiple spatial scales ...
New Report Evaluates Benefits of Using Dredged Sediments to Enhance ...
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The recognition that many coastal wetlands are suffering from the cumulative impacts of erosion and sea level rise has fueled an interest in the ...
California Coastal Adaptation Engineering Workshop to Address the ...
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The Coastal Adaptation Engineering Workshop was held to advance attendee knowledge of the opportunities and challenges of applying nature-based ...
Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise in North Carolina: Maps, Marshes ...
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The effects of sea level rise on North Carolina coastal habitats are currently occurring and are expected to accelerate due to climate change. The ...
Living Shorelines in Chesapeake Bay Improve Benthic Communities
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A new NCCOS-funded study tracked the effects of living shoreline construction on benthic (bottom-dwelling) invertebrate animal communities in ...
Study Identifies Barriers, Opportunities for Beneficial Reuse of ...
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A new NOAA-funded study outlines systemic changes that could be made in Southern California to encourage beneficial reuse of sediment to support coast ...
Advancing Natural Solutions to Sea Level Rise Impacts for Improved ...
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California’s 1,200 miles of beaches and coastal wetlands are increasingly threatened by sea level rise and more frequent, intense storms, resulting in ...
Shoreline Hardening and Development Hurts Shorebirds and Waterfowl
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Throughout the world, coastal communities are increasingly turning to shoreline hardening to protect infrastructure from sea level rise, storm surge ...