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Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/climate-change/restoration-and-nature-based-solutions/
Nature-based solutions involve the intentional use of natural and nature-based features (NNBF), like beaches, dunes, islands, marshes and mangroves ...
Synthesizing Evidence on the Performance of Nature-based Solutions for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/synthesizing-evidence-on-the-performance-of-nature-based-solutions-for-coastal-protection/
These interventions, which involve working with nature to achieve societal, biodiversity, and resilience benefits, are referred to as nature-based ...
A Multidisciplinary, Integrative Approach to Valuing Ecosystem Services ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/valuing-ecosystem-services-from-natural-infrastructure/
We are estimating the economic value from natural and nature-based infrastructure investments to stabilize coastline. Using hazard risks along the ...
Quantifying Nature’s Defenses: Evaluating Wetlands as Nature-Based ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/quantifying-natures-defenses-evaluating-wetlands-as-nature-based-solutions-for-flood-resilience-in-climate-ready-coastal-communities/
We are using a hydrodynamic model to quantify how wetlands mitigate flooding compared to traditional gray infrastructure approaches on the South ...
California Coastal Adaptation Engineering Workshop to Address the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/california-coastal-adaptation-engineering-workshop-to-address-the-challenges-of-nature-based-solutions/
The Coastal Adaptation Engineering Workshop was held to advance attendee knowledge of the opportunities and challenges of applying nature-based ...
Advancing Natural Solutions to Sea Level Rise Impacts for Improved ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/advancing-natural-solutions-to-sea-level-rise-impacts-for-improved-management-on-the-north-central-california-coast/
The team will adapt the USGS CoSMoS model to predict the impact or benefit of multiple management scenarios (including natural and nature-based ...
Exploring Ecosystem and Community Vulnerability to Surface and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/exploring-ecosystem-and-community-vulnerability-to-surface-and-subsurface-flooding-in-california/
Natural and nature-based features (NNBFs) can help protect communities and infrastructure, while also providing ecosystem benefits, such as improving ...
Evaluating the Performance of Nature-Based Solutions
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/evaluating-nature-based-solution-performance/
This project fills knowledge and data gaps on long-term performance of nature-based solutions approaches. Project results will be useful for ...
Developing Coastal Dune Models Specific to California’s Coast
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/developing-coastal-dune-models-specific-to-californias-coast/
However, if carefully planned, these habitats also have the potential to become nature based solutions that mitigate flood damage and provide ...
InEvalTool: An Integrative Evaluation Toolkit for Hawaiian Nature-based ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/inevaltool-an-integrative-evaluation-toolkit-for-hawaiian-nature-based-solutions/
Benefits of Our Work Products generated from this project (e.g., toolkit, compiled database of monitoring data) will fill urgent needs for ...
Restoration - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/restoration/
NCCOS research helps to inform and drive strategic restoration and management of coastal habitats in order to enhance ecosystem services. NCCOS’s ...
Dynamic Sea Level Rise Assessments of the Ability of Natural and Nature ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/sea-level-rise-assessments-mitigate-surge-flooding/
An advisory group will identify key focal locations of study, suggest plausible natural and nature-based features to be assessed, and guide product ...
Partnering to Advance Use of Nature-Based Solutions in Cold Regions
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/partnering-to-advance-use-of-nature-based-solutions-in-cold-regions/
Coastal habitats, like marshes, reefs, and islands, also known as natural infrastructure or nature-based solutions, have an inherent ability to reduce ...
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/
Also, previous transportation infrastructure sea level rise vulnerability studies have primarily used regional-scale modeling, which lacks the ...
Economic Valuation of Shoreline Protection by Natural Infrastructure to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/economic-valuation-shoreline-protection-natural-infrastructure-coastal-community/
For this project, we determined the storm damage reduction benefits provided by natural infrastructure in and around the Jacques Cousteau National ...
A Cost-benefit Analysis of Green-gray Infrastructure for Sea Level Rise ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/a-cost-benefit-analysis-of-green-gray-infrastructure-for-sea-level-rise-adaptation-in-the-pacific-northwest-incorporating-externalities-and-ecosystem-co-benefits/
The ecosystem co-benefits of green infrastructure approaches, and how benefits evolve through time and under different sea-level rise scenarios and ...
New Research Describes Performance of Nature-based Solution at Swan ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-research-describes-performance-of-nature-based-solution-at-swan-island-md/
One of the more significant impediments to the widespread adoption of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) for coastal protection is a lack of empirical ...
Effects of Sea Level Rise Program Awards $4.6 Million for Research to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/effects-of-sea-level-rise-program-awards-4-6-million-for-research-to-enhance-coastal-and-infrastructure-resilience/
George Mason University, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and The Nature Conservancy received $243,153 to enhance models that quantify the ...
Quantifying the Benefits of Natural and Nature-based Features in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/quantifying-the-benefits-of-natural-and-nature-based-features-in-marylands-chesapeake-bay-under-different-sea-level-rise-scenarios/
Calculate the economic value of coastal protection benefits from these natural features by determining the risk-reduction to coastal infrastructure ...
New Report Presents Framework for Advancing the Practice of Nature ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-report-presents-framework-for-advancing-the-practice-of-nature-based-approaches-to-enhance-coastal-resilience/
For more information on Swan Island Restoration, visit the project page, or view the project story map. The evaluation framework was published in the ...