Sea Level Rise
Sea level along US coasts is rising _____ than the global average.
What is faster?
This US coastal region has experienced the highest rate of sea level rise, about 9 inches in the last 30 years.
What is the western Gulf Coast?
By 2100 under the Intermediate sea level scenario, this level of flooding would occur almost daily along US coastlines.
What is major flooding?
Tide pools, Beaches, Coral reeds, Mangroves, Marshes
What are types of Coastal Ecosystem?
This type of infrastructure uses natural systems to help protect against flooding.
What is green infrastructure?
This is the most biodiverse ecosystem on Earth
Pumping out this resource from underground can cause the land to sink, worsening sea level rise.
What is groundwater?
By this year, an 11-inch average rise along the contiguous US coastline is expected relative to 2020 levels.
What is 2050?
Coastal habitats are home to thousands of endemic species
What is biodiversity?
The protection of a coastline from natural forces
This process along with melting ice, is a major contributor to SLR as Oceans Warm
What is thermal Expansion
Widespread with 2 to 3 feet of flooding frequencies
Heavy precipitation, high river flows, elevated groundwater and high ocean levels
What are compound events examples?
These types of communities, including rural areas and lower-income populations, often bear a disproportionate burden of coastal hazards.
What are frontline communities?
Helping communities prepare and respond to changing weather
What is roles of adaptation?
Salt water intrusion can cause salt water to enter wells and contaminate the Freshwater
What is rising sea levels that affects drinking water?
Under the Intermediate sea level scenario, this coast is projected to experience higher sea level rise than the Pacific Coast by 2100.
What is the Atlantic Coast?
This scenario includes the addition of rapid ice sheet melt or disintegration during this century.
What is the High sea level scenario?
A species that only lives in One region
What is the definition of endemic species
This amount in losses (in 2022 dollars) was caused by 38 tropical cyclones between 2000 and 2021.
What is over $1 trillion?