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Coastal processes

Sea grass wafting in an underwater landscape.
Posted inNews

Rising Ocean Temperatures Threaten Carbon-Storing Sea Grass

by N. Lanese 17 January 2018

A new model predicts that as ocean temperatures rise, carbon-storing sea grass may disappear and even go extinct in some ecosystems.

Sea level rise after Hurricane Sandy
Posted inScience Updates

Sea Level 2017 Conference Looks to Coastal Sea Level Rise Impact

by D. Stammer, R. van de Wal and R. J. Nicholls 5 January 201829 September 2021

International World Climate Research Programme/Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (WCRP/IOC) Open Science Conference on Regional Sea Level Rise and Its Impacts; New York, New York, 10–14 July 2017

Flooding 17 October 2016 in downtown Miami, Fla.
Posted inScience Updates

Integrating Water Science and Culture for Urban Sustainability

by F. Nardi, M. Donoso and R. Teutonico 18 December 201729 September 2021

Workshop on Water and Environmental Global Challenges: International Water Infrastructures and Security; Miami, Florida, 23–25 May 2017

Sentinel-2A natural-color satellite image of the Sundarbans area in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, captured on 18 March 2016.
Posted inOpinions

Monitoring Coastal Zone Changes from Space

by A. Cazenave, G. Le Cozannet, J. Benveniste, P. L. Woodworth and N. Champollion 2 November 2017

The resilience of coastal communities depends on an integrated, worldwide coastal monitoring effort. Satellite observations provide valuable data on global to local scales.

Researchers assess how rough seafloor terrain influences waves
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling Ocean Waves over Rocky Reefs

by S. Witman 12 July 201714 July 2017

A field survey in Australia links rugged seafloor terrain to erosion-causing waves.

mangroves
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Study Finds That Coastal Wetlands Excel at Storing Carbon

by Sarah Derouin 16 March 201728 September 2021

Shoreline environments show more promise than other marine ecosystems for mitigating climate change, the analysis shows.

Researchers examine what amount of a river’s nutrient supply reaches the ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Proportion of River Nutrients Reaches the Open Sea?

by Terri Cook 22 February 2017

Results of the first geographically based estimates of river nutrient supply indicate that 75% of dissolved nitrogen and 80% of phosphorus reach the open ocean.

Posted inScience Updates

Coastal Altimetry Challenges Our Understanding of Short Scales in the Ocean

by P. Cipollini, S. Vignudelli and J. Benveniste 24 March 20157 April 2015

8th Coastal Altimetry Workshop; Konstanz, Germany, 23–24 October 2014

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Salish Sea a Key Source of Regional Marine Nutrients

by E. Betz 3 March 20153 March 2015

A new examination of nitrogen in the coastal waters off the Pacific Northwest shows that the Salish Sea delivers a large fraction of nutrients to shelf waters.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Level of Understanding for Coastal Aquifers

by E. Betz 4 February 20151 March 2015

New models of saltwater-freshwater mixing in coastal aquifers show how salinity varies throughout the year, with implications for what happens to groundwater pollutants before they reach the ocean.

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