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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 ...
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 ...
[PDF] Guidance for Considering the Use of Living Shorelines
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interface and reduce erosion while providing habitat value and enhancing coastal resilience. NOAA encourages the use of living shorelines as a ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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These communities are facing increased flooding risk, accelerated coastal erosion, and loss of vital wetlands and other coastal habitats. These issues ...
[PDF] Evaluating Beneficial Use OF SEDIMENT for coastal habitat restoration
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to enhance or create coastal habitat) is growing in popularity as a way to increase coastal habitat resilience. Dredged sediments are used to rebuild ...
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 ...
Evaluating the Performance of Nature-Based Solutions: A Systematic Map
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Healthy coastal ecosystems can provide services for coastal communities, and serve as a buffer from coastal hazards. However, their capacity to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Developing Coastal Dune Models Specific to California’s Coast
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In total, California has 1,200 miles of beaches and coastal wetlands which are increasingly threatened by sea level rise and more frequent, intense ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Salt Marsh Carbon Capture & Response to Sea Level Rise at Marine Base ...
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Scientists from the NOAA NCCOS Beaufort (NC) Lab are providing the base with data and strategies to address the problem. Since 2007 NCCOS Beaufort ...
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 ...