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Assessment of Hurricane Impacts to Coral Reefs in Florida and Puerto ...
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In 2017, major hurricanes impacted coral reefs in both Florida and Puerto Rico. We quantified these impacts using diver-based surveys, and our ...
Coral Assessment and Restoration Results Released for U.S. Caribbean ...
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In September 2017, major hurricanes Irma and Maria impacted Puerto Rico (PR) and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and caused considerable damage to ...
Researchers Estimate Flood Protection Benefits of Coral Reefs in ...
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In 2017, coral reefs buffered Florida and Puerto Rico from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, but were severely damaged by the storm surge and waves. NOAA ...
Assessing Community Vulnerability to Flood Hazard in the U.S. Virgin ...
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In the USVI, the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John are frequently impacted by tropical storms and hurricanes, the most recent being Hurri ...
New Technology Documents Rapid Phytoplankton Response to Tropical ...
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Prior studies of phytoplankton responses to the passage of tropical cyclones (i.e., tropical depressions, storms, hurricanes) showed increased ...
Acoustic Monitoring Reveals Hurricane Maria's Impact on Puerto Rico’s ...
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Students from the University of Puerto Rico service one of the project’s acoustic recording devices, known as a hydrophone. Credit: Rebecca Becicka ...
Modeling, Visualizing, and Communicating Nor'easter and Hurricane ...
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In New England, extratropical storm events with strong winds and heavy precipitation (commonly called nor’easters) are the most common coast-shaping ...
Moving Past Water Level: Study Reveals Sea Level Rise Impacts on Storm ...
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To better understand how future sea levels may impact barrier islands during hurricanes, a team of NOAA supported scientists from the United States ...
Wave Sensors Deployed to Enhance Coral Reef Recovery
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The data collected by the instruments will be used to fine tune models that are used to forecast coral reef recovery after large-scale disturbances ...
Dynamic simulation and numerical analysis of hurricane storm surge ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/dynamic-simulation-and-numerical-analysis-of-hurricane-storm-surge-under-sea-level-rise-with-geomorphologic-changes-along-the-northern-gulf-of-mexico/
Hydrodynamics of 10 historic hurricanes were simulated through each of the five model configurations (present day and four SLR scenarios). Under SLR ...
For Marshes Impacted by Drought and Hurricanes, Salty is Better
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From approximately 2000 to 2015 scientists studied the impacts of four hurricanes and one drought. Computing the NDVI before and after these extreme ...
Assessing Coral Bleaching in Four U.S. Caribbean Managed Areas
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They are under increasing stress from elevated temperatures, pollution, fishing, hurricanes, and disease. In October 2005, we observed widespread ...
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 ...
NCCOS Hypoxia Forecasts Prove Accurate - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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The accuracy of these forecasts is proving to be quite good. Professor Don Scavia of the University of Michigan tracks the accuracy of the ...
How Natural and Nature-based Features Could Enhance Coastal Resilience ...
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Southwest Florida is experiencing greater vulnerability to flooding due to a growing coastal population, frequent and more intense hurricanes, sea ...
Celebrating 25 Years of Science Serving Coastal Communities
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NS&T has participated in the response to oil spills, hurricanes, the attack on the World Trade Center, and other disasters. The ongoing programs ...
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 Community Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in the Baltimore ...
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Coastal communities in the United States are forced to grapple with flooding, storms, and other hazards, and these challenges are anticipated to ...
Connecting with Local Communities to Document Sea Level Rise in North ...
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King tide flooding along the Morehead City, NC waterfront (9/27/15). Credit Neils Lundquist – North Carolina King Tides Project. A NCCOS project to ...
Living with Sea Level Rise in the Texas Coastal Bend
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The region’s low elevation, land subsidence, small estuarine tidal ranges, and exposure to hurricanes make the area vulnerable to sea level rise. To ...