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Coastal Subsurface Water Table and Saltwater Intrusion Monitoring ...
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Collected data will be used to quantify the impacts of sea level rise on near-shore subsurfaces, inform potential early warning systems for groundwate ...
Hardening Shorelines to Reduce Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Erosion ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/hardening-shorelines-may-lead-to-inland-flooding/
Groundwater becomes “stuck’” behind the walls, creating an underground dam, which can cause even more water to move up to the ground surface (known as ...
Model Identifies Septic System Discharge 'Hotspots' in Southeast ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/model-identifies-septic-system-discharge-hotspots-in-southeast-florida/
Groundwater in southeast Florida’s coastal zone is never far from the land’s surface, posing a risk to the proper function of the more than 112,000 ...
Coastal Resilience Through Actionable Science: Evaluation of Adaptation ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/coastal-resilience-through-actionable-science-evaluation-of-adaptation-strategies-to-mitigate-surface-subsurface-flooding-in-coastal-communities/
We are using a coupled groundwater–surface water modeling system to evaluate the site-specific performance of proposed shoreline adaptation actions ...
[PDF] Southeast Florida Reef Tract Water Quality Assessment
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Figure 3: Inlet contributing area (ICA) boundaries, inland flow sites (from DBHydro) and all water quality sampling sites. Figure 4: Sampling sites ...
Pavement Resilience to Sea Level Rise and Potential Mitigation Options ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/coastal-communities-pavement-resilience-to-sea-level-rise-using-natural-and-nature-based-features/
This work combines hydrodynamic, groundwater, and pavement models, along with an adaptation impact assessment, to understand overtopping and pavement ...
Online Tool Visualizes Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Fishponds ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/online-tool-visualizes-impacts-of-sea-level-rise-on-unique-coastal-pools-and-fishponds-of-hawaii/
However, (3) new pools will emerge in low-lying areas as daily groundwater floods previously dry areas. Credit TNC. The TNC models used to create the ...
Exploring Ecosystem and Community Vulnerability to Surface and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/exploring-ecosystem-and-community-vulnerability-to-surface-and-subsurface-flooding-in-california/
The team will consider coastal water movement (hydrodynamics), groundwater flow, and processes that change wetland elevation (accretion) to compare ...
Model Predicts Resilience of Roads After Flood Events
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The tool incorporates different pavement structures, soil subgrade types, groundwater levels, and flooding scenarios. The model’s capacity to ...
Sea-Level Rise Modeling as a Catalyst for Effective Coastal Management ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/sea-level-rise-modeling-coastal-management-west-hawaii/
The west coast of Hawaii supports groundwater-fed anchialine pools (landlocked bodies of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean), wetlands ...
New Tools Address Threats to Anchialine Pools in Hawaii
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The goal of this study was to develop methods to assess potential impacts to anchialine pools from future coastal flooding. Flood predictions ...
Surface Transportation, Sea Level Rise, and Coastal Storms: A ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/surface-transportation-sea-level-rise-and-coastal-storms-a-sustainable-path-to-increased-resilience/
The main study site is Alabama State Route 180, a coastal roadway impacted by severe coastal storms, high groundwater tables, and future sea level ...
Studying the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Hawaii Habitats
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-partners-local-communities-study-impacts-rising-seas-hawaii-habitats/
An NCCOS-funded Ecological Effects of Sea level Rise (EESLR) project led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on the Big Island of Hawaii is working to ...
The Effects of Sea Level Rise Program (ESLR) - NCCOS
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Q&A. We have compiled our responses to inquiries received thus far into a single document, and will update this resource periodically.. Questions ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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We are applying coupled hydrodynamic and marsh models to evaluate the potential for natural and nature-based features to mitigate flood risk under ...
NOAA Data Support Groundwater Protection in Marshall Islands
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Additionally, NCCOS will be using these data to produce map products in support of a larger three-year cooperative effort with the U.S. Geological ...
NCCOS Research Provides Scientific Foundation for U.S. Supreme Court ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-research-provides-scientific-foundation-for-u-s-supreme-court-ruling/
A recent U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling found that pollution discharge into groundwater from a Maui County (HI) sewage treatment plant (County of ...
Dead Zone Predictions for Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-partners-issue-dead-zone-predictions-gulf-mexico-chesapeake-bay/
Scientists are expecting an average, but still large, hypoxic or “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this year, and a slightly above-average hypoxic ...
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 ...
Herbicide Use Near Protected Reserve Requires Careful Management
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They found that concentrations were generally below limits ofdetection in both groundwater monitoring wells and surface water ditches, which is good ...