Kennedy Space Center: Environmental Analysis

Barrier Islands are very so hard to protect, therefore, there should be different kinds of information that would help the community distant from these Coast's to commit to preserving a Barrier Island. first of all historically these barrier islands have been hard to protect because the links between them an inshore ecosystems are poorly recognized. some of the ways resolve this issue include putting signs up roads that lead to the coast, putting Billboards up making tissue blown up on a big board, sending mass text out like they do with Amber Alerts, creating symbols or texts on the roads themselves like we have with turn signals, putting more information on local channels for TV, putting Flyers up at local restaurants or bars,

Seawalls are also strategies that Cronulla and Collaroy implement on their beaches. However, the seawalls in Collaroy are buried under the sand and are only visible after large-scale erosion events. Whereas Cronulla beach’s seawalls are visible and reduce the scenic

Natural disasters are considered harmful in terms of coastal management and can often cause years of work to be wiped out. It can take large amounts of sand from the beach and remove plant life. Collaroy Beach has been a victim of such natural disasters. A large storm back in 1945 caused Collaroy Beach to empty out a large percentage of its sand and damaged many structures. Collaroy Beach’s local council, Warringah Council, has taken action to prevent storm damage in the future. A revetment wall has been established on the sand dunes so waves do not cause as much damage to the dunes behind. Warringah has also purchased properties that were residential and cleared them, so that a storm will not damage as many structures.

It has become common for sand dunes to be bulldozed to improve the views to the sea. However this destroys the natural protection of the coast. Human activities such as water transport also can cause problems for coastal areas. The dredging of navigation channels and the discharging of the material in deep water to enable larger ships to travel though water channels removes sediment from the coastal system leaving the area susceptible to erosion and will also interfere with longshore drift which will prevent the coastal beach landforms from being maintained such as the development of a spit. It is likely that a spit will be eroded and start to regress in conditions such as these.

Brighton, Glenelg, The West Beach Boat Ramp, Semaphore and Largs North Beach have all been influenced by hard engineering techniques. As an example, Glenelg was one of the few beaches that had some form of a breakwater along the coast. Breakwaters are notorious for having immediate impacts on the beach, but are ultimately useful in protecting the land that meets the beach. The real question is; “Do the benefits, outweigh the negatives?”. Breakwaters are

There are 2 types of beaches. One is erosion dominant and the other is deposition

Erosion is unfortuanately present at Cronulla beach, the local government have tried to tackle this problem with solution such as dune stabilization and rip rap

Beach nourishment is the physical transfer of sand from an area of excess to where it is being eroded. This often involves dredging and transport of sand by truck or through pipeline. Because of the cost involved, beach nourishment is only used where other strategies prove to be ineffective.

On June 19th, my classmates and I had field trip for Oceanography Lab (OCN 101) class with Professor Ocean Matt Horrigan. We went to Corte Madera Salt Marsh, which is located 12 miles North of San Francisco, to examine how rising and falling of tide effect on

There are many different types of coasts that exist throughout the United States. The south shore of Long Island has a unique types of coast known as a barrier beach. Barrier beaches are long narrow land forms that are composed of sand and other lose sediments. These sediments are brought together by the actions of waves, currents and storm surges. Barrier beaches are subject to constant changes by the same forces. Sand is constantly eroded in one area an deposited in another. Barrier coasts are important for a number of reasons; they protect the mainland of Long Island from the open ocean and flooding during storms, for recreational use and the unique ecosystems which exist on barrier

Millions of years ago, Connecticut was close to the equator and that caused the Wisconsin glacier to move. When, the Glacier was melting the water was running under the ice and caring rocks with the flow of the water. This is called plucking and the reason why is because when one rock is picked up that rock picks up other rocks and the rocks start shooting out like bullets and end up on a beach. This formed the Hammonasset beach. When the Wisconsin glacier stopped melting/ was all water the Wisconsin glacier formed Lake Hitchcock. All of the deebree that came down from the flow of the water was keeping all of the water trapped into a valley. When, the beebree/ dam broke most of the water went into Lake Connecticut. When all of the water was added to Lake Connecticut the water levels ross so high that the land got covered by water and then Lake connecticut was connected to the Atlantic Ocean. There was so much water that all of the water didn’t go into the Atlantic Ocean. Some of the water stayed in the valley that Lake hitchcock was. This is how the Connecticut river and Long Island Sound was

The seawall was constructed at Long Beach to prevent further coastal recession and to protect personal properties, community areas and infrastructure threatened by erosion along Long Beach. A seawall has been present at Long Beach for many years but the current seawall was officially opened in 2010. I 2010 when the seawall was updated a new promenade was also constructed to encourage the use of the area. The construction of both the seawall and the promenade totalled a cost of $5.6 million. By preventing further coastal recession, the properties and community areas situated along the coastline and at low elevations are protected from becoming inundated or damaged as a result of erosion. Seawalls in some cases have been known to disrupt the natural flow of sand along the beach and lead to increased erosion in front of the wall as well as at the end of the wall. Although this increase in erosion is a risk, the presence of this potential issue is not currently obvious at Long Beach. The seawall at long beach was constructed with a slope which dissipates the energy from the waves. By using this design there is less risk of further erosion as a result of the seawall and the seawall is hit with less force and is less likely to become damaged from the force of the waves in the near future. As well as the design of the seawall, the seawall is also strengthened using

It became clear that if nothing was done, the lighthouse would soon be engulfed by the ocean. Civilian Conservation Corps, under the leadership of the National Park Service, began looking for a solution to save the lighthouse. It was believed that pumping in sand dunes was an inexpensive and effective solution at the time. In the 1930s the Civilian Conservation Corps began building a sand dune barrier along Hatteras Island but today’s scientists reason that while the dunes helped with minor storms, they did not stop the rising sea level and beach erosion. Sheet pile groins were also installed to slow down the beach erosion. In 1966 over 300,000 cubic yards of sand was taken from the Pamlico Sound and placed in front of the lighthouse, but the

What do you believe are the causes of Florida’s great economy? Most answers would fall along the line of tourist attractions, but what if I told you that there was something else that sparked the economy in the first place? Well, it’s true, and that thing is Cape Canaveral’s Space Program. This program sparked a booming economy due to the sheer size of it and how many people needed to work there. The following paragraphs will explain in detail what the program did for the economy and how the film portrayed it.

For my Atmospheric on Site assignment I chose the store Scheels. I chose Scheels because this is where I’ve almost always gone for any sporting good needs, as well as most of my apparel needs. When entering the store, I receive a very welcoming hello from the clerks, as well as a few eye-catching displays of animals up on the walls. After walking to my first section, the baseball section, which at the time was pretty small, being out of season. I could immediately smell leather a vague sent of leather. As I had mentioned, the selection was quite small but they still had a small variety of options. They had all their bats in one sections, both girls and guys. They were separated according, from youth bats, all the way up to wood bats. As I