Environments resilient in the face of hurricanes, but questions remain, says journal special issue
... sometimes exhibiting long-term damage. Damage to shoreline ecosystems varied as well. Dune erosion due to hur...ion is the extent to which human alteration of the shoreline determines the coast's resiliency to storms."...AAAS releases video and first board consensus statement on climate change
...he island has lost an average of nearly 23 feet of shoreline per year, and some buildings have collapsed into the sea. The village is seeking $180 million in government support for relocation. Regions around the Arctic "are like the coal miner's canary, the early warning to the rest of us of the extent to wh...New UA / private partnership appraises climate and environmental risks by address
...t climate change and a free report that focuses on shoreline reduction at a national level. The address-based...dividual pieces of property. Sea-level rise and shoreline reduction is only part of the climate change story. New studies also point to the likelihood of mor......r and sediment samples from the interior canal and shoreline of New Orleans and the offshore waters of Lake Pon...nnections. Sediment samples taken from the canal shoreline and from three homes showed elevated levels that could not be contributed solely to the effects of H...Urban sediments after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita contained high levels of contaminants
...r and sediment samples from the interior canal and shoreline of New Orleans and the offshore waters of Lake Pontchartrain, which showed higher-than-normal levels of bacteria and pathogens. Levels of the microbes fell within a few weeks after flooding had completely subsided. "Our findings emphasize the impor...Study finds fecal microbes high in New Orleans sediments following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
... and sediment samples from the interior canals and shoreline of New Orleans and the offshore waters of Lake Pontchartrain in October 2005 after the floodwaters had receded. They examined the presence of a diverse group of microbes including fecal indicators E.coli and others,as well as human pathogenic bacter...