Coastal erosion

Florida's coastal ecosystems are one of the greatest assets that Florida has today. An ecosystem is an interacting and interdependent community made up of both living and non-living parts. Ecosystems include the air, water, soil, and sunlight as well as all the living organisms present, from the simplest amoeba to the plants
and more complex animals that are all a part of the system. There is no size
limitation for ecosystems, the entire earth can be considered as a one ecosystem. And so with more

Analyzing Coastal Management Strategies Coastal Management strategies need to consider not only physical processes but also factors associated with human geography. Analyse why this is the case. Coastal management is a means of controlling development and change in the coastal zone and undertaking work according to agreed principles and criteria. By taking into account

Private Development and Corporate Funding to Fight Shoreline Erosion At its simplest, shoreline erosion is the result of the combination of processes, both natural and manmade, by which shoreline and beaches are damaged or lost. For this discussion, wetlands are also included. There is an ongoing debate over the best way by which to preserve beaches, shorelines, and wetlands. Conservation extremists argue that limiting or restricting land use, and restoring damaged property with tax money

Semaphore beach Population: 2,832 (2006 census) Established: 1849 Location: 14 km (9 mi) from CBD LGA(s): city of port Adelaide Enfield Staten electorate(s): lee Federal division(s): port Adelaide History of semaphore beach According to Beach Safe (2015) in 1836, when Colonel William Light’s ship, the Rapid, sailed into the Port Adelaide River inlet and anchored in the Gawler Reach, it entered the ecological and cultural landscape within the Tjilbruke Dreaming Track of the Kaurna Aboriginal people

The Effects of Grazing and Trampling Behaviors of Large-Sized Livestock on the Formation and Weathering Patterns of Soils Introduction Walter Coppinger, a Professor of Geosciences at Trinity College in San Antonio and long-time observer of Montana geology, was the first person to describe to me the many problems of the western rangelands that have developed out of the over-grazing of cattle. From a hilltop among the upland slopes of Whitehall, Montana, he pointed out a few patches of bare

gravity in parts of the world where there is enough ice all year long to form a glacier. Ice moves at a very slow pace. Acting as a file, sled, and plow, ice plays a role in erosion and transport. Unlike wind and water, ice is very viscous and moves only by a laminar flow. The Differences The differences in weathering and erosion are as follows: Weathering involves two processes that often work together to decompose rocks. Mechanical weathering which involves physically breaking rocks into fragment

California drought: is there light at the end of the tunnel? “If you do not take care of nature, nature will not take care of you”. Those were the words of the late Nobel award winner Professor Wangari Mathaai. Being a great lover of the environment, she foresaw the numerous effects that lack of environmental conservation would result it and true to that the world is receiving a big blow from Mother Nature. Global warming, droughts and famine, irregular climatic changes are among the effects that

road and dams but they sometimes seem to cause some problems due to their sedimentary properties like fast weathering and low strength. Weathering is a process in which rock break down or dissolve with the help of natural agents. Weathering and erosion are constantly changing the earth’s surface, so that has a big impact on construction and usage of soft rocks over time. Weathering can be either mechanical or chemical. Some regions in the world mainly possess weak sedimentary rocks and very low

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was ratified in 1996. It is a multilateral agreement which was made to address desertification. Desertification is defined as “the land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, generally known as ‘drylands’ ”. Many African states believed their sustainable development was being obstructed due to issues such as poverty, and food insecurity and were not being given necessary attention by the international political community

2012, Duluth, MN experienced 10 inches of rain which led to one of the worst inland flood events in American history. The St. Louis River rose over 10 feet and caused significant damage to roads, bridges, and private property (Czuba et al. 2012). Erosion carried massive sediment loads into Lake Superior, posing a risk to both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the process. The flash flood shook the community and negatively impacted the environment to such a degree that recovery is still a work