CC009
Dynamic Coastlines amidst Changing Sea Levels: Advancements in Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Hazards
Dynamic Coastlines amidst Changing Sea Levels: Advancements in Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Hazards
Session ID#: 254130
Session Description:
Changes along our coastlines threaten growing populations, economic resources, infrastructure investments, and natural ecosystem functioning. Coastal communities and environments are subject to hazards such as sea-level rise, tropical cyclones and other coastal storms, tsunamis, earthquakes, erosion, and subsidence, most of which are further exacerbated by climate change. To mitigate and adapt to the combined effects of climate change and coastal hazards, a thorough understanding of these hazards – including records of how they have changed through time and projections extending into the future – is essential. We welcome abstracts that assess past, document present, or project future coastal change utilizing methods ranging from observational to field to remote sensing to numerical and statistical modeling techniques. Relevant topics could include coastal studies over various spatiotemporal scales covering topics such as changing sea level, tropical cyclones or other coastal storms (including storm surge flooding), earthquakes and tsunamis, or ecosystem function.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- Coastal and Estuarine Hydrodynamics and Sediment Processes -
- Human-Ocean Connections -
- Organic and Inorganic Chemical Tracers in Modern and Paleoenvironments -
Index Terms:
1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1641 Sea level change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
3022 Marine sediments: processes and transport [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3372 Tropical cyclones [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Chair: Andra Jenn Garner, Rowan University, Department of Environmental Science, Glassboro, NJ, United States
Co-chairs: Dr. Isabel Hong, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, United States and Jennifer Sue Walker, Rowan University, Department of Environmental Science, Glassboro, United States
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