Author: Jennifer PhillipsPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
California's Coast and Ocean Summary Report, California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Author: Jennifer PhillipsPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Statewide Summary Report, California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Author: Louise BedsworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Assessing and Communicating the Impacts of Climate Change on the Southern California Coast
Author: Li H. EricksonPublisher:
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Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Climate, Drought, and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Author: David W. PiercePublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
North Coast Region Report, California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Author: Theodore GranthamPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Central Coast Region Report, California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Author: Ruth LangridgePublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309255945
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are rising mainly because ocean water expands as it warms; and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets is flowing into the ocean. Sea-level rise poses enormous risks to the valuable infrastructure, development, and wetlands that line much of the 1,600 mile shoreline of California, Oregon, and Washington. As those states seek to incorporate projections of sea-level rise into coastal planning, they asked the National Research Council to make independent projections of sea-level rise along their coasts for the years 2030, 2050, and 2100, taking into account regional factors that affect sea level. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future explains that sea level along the U.S. west coast is affected by a number of factors. These include: climate patterns such as the El Niño, effects from the melting of modern and ancient ice sheets, and geologic processes, such as plate tectonics. Regional projections for California, Oregon, and Washington show a sharp distinction at Cape Mendocino in northern California. South of that point, sea-level rise is expected to be very close to global projections. However, projections are lower north of Cape Mendocino because the land is being pushed upward as the ocean plate moves under the continental plate along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. However, an earthquake magnitude 8 or larger, which occurs in the region every few hundred to 1,000 years, would cause the land to drop and sea level to suddenly rise.
Growing Effort, Growing Challenge
Author: Susanne C. MoserPublisher:
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Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Toward Natural Shoreline Infrastructure to Manage Coastal Change in California
Author: Sarah NewkirkPublisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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