Tag Archives: coastal zone management

Extreme tides and Winter ice

Posted on February 5, 2015 by earth science society

Figure 1. Winter ice on the salt marshes of Minas Basin photographed from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, March 1, 2007. View to the North.  What is an estuary? An estuary is a bay with an open connection to the sea. Rivers … Continue reading →

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A #tsunami is really a tidal wave, except it isn’t

Posted on December 29, 2014 by earth science society

Katsushika Hokusai, Great Wave off Kanagawa. Image from Wikimedia. Original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the Great Sumatra earthquake which triggered the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami that killed a quarter million people. … Continue reading →

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#Katrina10. #Louisiana is still disappearing

Posted on October 27, 2014 by earth science society

I wrote this blog post in November of 2014. I am reblogging it today, on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Land loss map of South Louisiana. Image source here. Click on image to enlarge.  Is it the weather? No … Continue reading →

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Barrier Island Erosion / Sea Level Rise / Transgressive Anthropogenic Sequences /

Posted on February 20, 2013 by earth science society

Thanks to Twitter, I was made aware of a recent US report, entitled “Coastal impact, Adaptation and Vulnerabilities”. A summary of the report is here: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3496#.USVxRFc-6OJ. What caught my attention on that page was the ‘before and after Hurricane Sandy’ … Continue reading →

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