Salt Water Intrusion
What is salt water intrusion?
when salt water seeps into freshwater supplies near the coast.
What is the process that is caused by waves, currents, storms, and rising sea levels wearing away land.
Coastal erosion.
What is harmed by coastal development by making the water cloudy and blocking sunlight.
Coastal Reefs.
What state has lost about 2,000 square miles of wetlands in the last 100 years?
Louisiana.
What state is heavily affected by salt water intrusion because coastal cities rely on groundwater.
California.
What natural habitats can help reduce flooding and protect coastline?
Wetlands
Coral reefs need this from the sun to survive, but rising sea levels and sediment block it.
Planting these and restoring oyster reefs can help improve water quality.
Marsh grasses.
What is the resource that if you pump too much of this, it lowers pressure and allows salt water to enter aquifers.
Groundwater.
What man made structures are built to reduce flooding and erosion but can harm ecosystems if overused?
Sea Walls.
What animal is being negatively affected by rising sea levels today?
Hawaiian Monk Seal.
How else can people protect the Hawaiian Monk Seals?
By reducing boat traffic near breeding beaches.