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Category: Climate and Hazard Adaptation

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Group of people removing ghost nets from a beach.
Alabama

Biden-Harris administration invests $27 million to support community-driven marine debris solutions through Investing in America agenda

Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $27 million in funding for projects to prevent and remove marine debris in coastal and Great Lakes communities as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 

This funding will support innovative research and foster local coalitions to address urgent marine debris issues by using NOAA Sea Grant’s partnered approach to bring science together with communities for solutions that work.

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July 18, 2024
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms Using Satellites

In May 2014, Maryland Sea Grant, in partnership with the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), held a workshop to explore the use of remote sensing for detecting harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay region.

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August 17, 2015
Landslide Response Support
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Landslide Response Support

After the March 2014 Oso landslide, Washington Sea Grant communications staff volunteered at the site to provide communications support during disaster response. After the 2013 Whidbey Island landslide, a Washington Sea Grant-installed camera monitored continuing land movement.

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December 9, 2014
Vertical Land Movement Estimates
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Vertical Land Movement Estimates

Washington Sea Grant is leading an effort to improve estimates of vertical land movement in Washington State, that will be used to improve sea level rise and coastal flooding assessments.

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December 9, 2014
Port Asset Matrix
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Port Asset Matrix

The Port Asset Matrix helps communities appraise the current value of their navigational and port infrastructure, allowing them to project the potential costs of maintaining or replacing these resources in the face of changing water levels and storm conditions caused by climate variation.

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December 9, 2014
Visualizing Bluff Erosion
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Visualizing Bluff Erosion

This project integrates animation, aerial photography, pictures, charts, and text to help the public better understand: (1) the natural process of coastal erosion; (2) how local land development decisions impact coastal erosion; and (3) the case for scientifically-based coastal development setbacks

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December 9, 2014

Sea Level Rise Outreach – DRAFT ARTICLE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS

Washington Sea Grant, in partnership with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and the University of Washington Program on the Environment, is developing an outreach plan for a group of homes on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington State, that have been identified as highly vulnerable to sea level rise and coastal flooding. The outreach plan will try to identify ways to work with homeowners to identify options that will both protect their infrastructure and investment, while avoiding hard armoring and shoreline engineering.

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December 9, 2014
Olympic National Marine Sanctuary Climate Change Assessment
Climate

Olympic National Marine Sanctuary Climate Change Assessment

Washington Sea Grant led the development of the Olympic National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) Climate Change Assessment, which examined the vulnerability of sanctuary resources to climate change. The report, intended for OCNMS staff, the OCNMS advisory committee, and the Intergovernmental Policy Council, is being used as a springboard for climate change adaptation activities in the sanctuary, and adjacent (mostly tribal) communities.

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December 9, 2014
King Tides
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

King Tides

King Tides, or extreme high tides, offer the chance to view what the future might look like with higher sea levels. The King Tides Project directs citizens to capture images of King Tide events and upload them onto the website. The Washington King Tides project is part of an international collaboration.

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December 9, 2014
Coastal Training Program
Climate

Sea Level Rise Adaptation Course

Washington Sea Grant, in collaboration with the Climate Impacts Group and the Department of Ecology offered a course through the Padilla Bay NERR’s Coastal Training Program on sea level rise adaptation. Building on the 2008 basic climate change course, this sea level rise course offered up to date scientific projections on sea level rise rates in the Padilla Bay NERR, in addition to methods to effectively communicate climate change, various planning opportunities in Washington, and examples of what others around the US have done. This course is the second in a series of climate adaptation courses.

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December 9, 2014
Coastal Hazards Resilience Network
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Coastal Hazards Resilience Network

Washington Sea Grant, in collaboration with the Department of Ecology and with funding from NOAA, has developed a Coastal Hazards Resilience Network. The primary function of the network is to increase coordination and collaboration among state, federal and academic experts responsible for managing coastal hazards along the Washington Coast. The network is then applied at the local level to increase the resilience and capacity of local communities to plan for a respond to natural hazard events.

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December 9, 2014
Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course

Washington Sea Grant staff members are certified to teach the FEMA-certified Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course.  This performance level course is designed to provide an introduction to flood-risk reduction opportunities within coastal communities. 

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December 9, 2014
Resiliency Design project in Hampton Roads
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Resiliency Design Project in Hampton Roads

The lead coordinating organization is Wetlands Watch, working with architects at Hampton University, builders from the Hampton Roads Green Building Council, Urban Land Institute, and a suite of engineers. They are focused on Chesterfield Heights neighborhood in Norfolk, and will be creating specific designs for a more resilient Chesterfield Heights.

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December 6, 2014
North Kingstown Coastal Resilience Pilot
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

North Kingstown Coastal Resilience Pilot

A model document for incorporating coastal hazards and climate change into state mandated Local Comprehensive Planning, together with maps that assess vulnerability, and recommendations based on lessons learned from other places for the community to adapt to rising seas.

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December 5, 2014
Biophysical research
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Biophysical Research

We support an array of interdisciplinary research in the biological sciences, including topics such as coastal geomorphology mapping and assessments on the cumulative effects of sea level rise and increased wave heights.

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December 5, 2014
Social science research
Climate

Social Science Research

Oregon Sea Grant has a number of social scientists among our faculty and staff skilled in conducting surveys, interviews, and other forms of social science research, including vulnerability analyses.

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December 5, 2014
Community Adaptation Outcome Matrix
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Community Adaptation Outcome Matrix

New Hampshire Sea Grant helped identify community adaptation strategies for the partner members of the Coastal Adaptation Workgroup (CAW), including a matrix of over 40 actions that communities can take to improve their climate adaptation capacity and implementation.

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October 28, 2014
StormSmart Coasts website
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

StormSmart Coasts Website

The StormSmart Coast website serves as a “resource for coastal decision makers looking for the latest and best information on how to protect their communities from weather and climate hazards” (http://stormsmartcoasts.org/)

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October 28, 2014
The Crow's Nest Blog
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

The Crow’s Nest Blog

Since 2011, New Hampshire Sea Grant has helped to develop and contribute to “The Crow's Nest” blog about climate adaptation in New Hampshire, which is available on StormSmart Coasts, as a tool to communicate timely information about events and resources available to communities related to adaptation

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October 28, 2014

Fishermen Rescue Project – DRAFT

MIT Sea Grant is working with fishing community representatives to develop the Fishermen Rescue Project (FRP); a community based program geared towards developing a best management guide for responding to fishing emergencies and managing media relations.

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October 27, 2014
Coastal Hazards and Community Resiliency in Delaware
Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Coastal Hazards and Community Resiliency in Delaware

To help reduce Delaware communities’ vulnerability to coastal hazards, the Delaware Sea Grant College Program, University of Delaware’s Coastal Community Enhancement Initiative, and Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control have cooperated with the Delaware Emergency Management Agency to increase awareness of coastal hazards and provide communities information and resources that will improve societal, economic and personal resiliency to coastal hazards.

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October 24, 2014
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