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• Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity
  This article discusses global warming and the range of effects on marine systems. ...<ref name="Phillipart"> Phillipart C.J.M. (ed.) (2007). Impacts of climate change on the European marine and coastal environment: ecosystems approach.'' Euro
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• Characteristics of muddy coasts
  ...l changes in the ecosystem include the aspects of bio-diversity and global change. ...ve both to rise in sea level and storm frequency. The mudflat profile will change in response to different forcing, altering the feedback between the morphol
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• Definitions of coastal terms
  ...extends from the mean low water line to the place where there is a marked change in material or physiographic form (e.g. [[#Dunefoot|dunefoot]]), or to the ...mobile formations, which tend to be in unstable equilibrium with the wave climate and tide conditions, which means that they are constantly changing. The ove
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• Natural causes of coastal erosion
  ...r the influence of fluctuating forcing (fluctuations in water levels, wave climate, including storms) have a temporal, quasi-cyclic character. Ongoing trends ...f net offshore or onshore sand transport. The orientation of the beach can change in response to fluctuations in the dominant direction of incident waves. Ho
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• Human causes of coastal erosion
  ...l cause or a human cause. Climate change, which influences sea level, wave climate and sediment supply, is considered a natural cause. The largest structural *The wave climate and the orientation of the shoreline (see [[Classification of sandy coastli
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• Sea level rise
  ...nition= The term sea-level rise generally designates the average long-term global rise of the ocean surface measured from the centre of the earth (or more pr ...I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S. L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berge
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• Shoreline management
  ...he action of the sea. This coupled with gradually rising sea levels due to global warming has resulted in an increase in the shorelines around the world suff Global, regional and local issues such as sea level rise, the concentration of pop
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• Foresight project, UK
  •The risks need to be tackled across a broad front. Reductions in global emissions would reduce the risks greatly. However, this is unlikely to be s ...cy and, importantly, direction. This should include analysis of a range of climate models and be combined with analysis of changes to surges to generate consi
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• Threats to the coastal zone
  ==Climate change== ...nning 2003–2013. The increase of the estimated cumulative impact for the global ocean was estimated to be due for more than 90% to increasing sea surface t
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• Climate change
  Definition|title=Climate change |definition= (1) Refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activ
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• Scenario development
  ...king under great uncertainty: environmental management in an era of global change. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26: 398-404.</ref>). ...ut the ways [[Ecosystem|ecosystems]] might respond to different drivers of change (Ash et al., 2011<ref>Ash, N, Blanco, H., Brown, C., Garcia, K., Henrichs,
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• Parametric equilibrium models
  ...to determine, however and the actual seabed will need time to respond to a change in sea level. ...J.F., 2004. How important is global warming for coastal erosion. Climatic Change. 64: 27 – 39. </ref> cautioned against its use due to its simplicity and
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• Blue carbon sequestration
  ...–301</ref>. However, nearly 50% of the pre-industrial, natural extent of global coastal wetlands have been lost since the 19th century<ref>Li, X., Bellerby ...e most extensive vegetated coastal habitats in the global ocean, and their global net [[primary production]] is larger than that of all other vegetated coast
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• Nutrient conversion in the marine environment
  ...butes about 8 Tg N/yr to the continental shelves and about 45 Tg/yr to the global ocean. However, atmospheric deposition differs between regions. For instanc ...l zone, especially in benthic ecosystems, adding about 15 Tg N / yr to the global nutrient stock<ref name=V13/>.
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• Stability models
  ...where a system is in balance with the external forcing so that it does not change in time is called an '''equilibrium position'''. However, any equilibrium p ...s. However, if this equilibrium becomes unstable (e.g., because of climate change) the entrance may close up (see section 'Tidal inlets'). Very often, even i
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• Effect of climate change on coastline evolution
  Global warming causes sea-level rise as oceans expand, and makes storm patterns mo ...h is based on extrapolation of historic behaviour, is inappropriate if the climate changes.
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• Case study: Applying ASMITA to UK estuaries
  ...g grounds and for aggregate extraction <ref>Townend, I. (2002) Identifying change in estuaries. Littoral 2002, The Changing Coast: 235–243</ref>. ...s effectively it is important to be able to predict how they are likely to change in the future, both to natural and anthropogenic forcing. This article loo
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• Land-ocean interaction in the coastal zone
  ...) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). ...the central role humans play as active agents of change and in response to change. This includes vulnerability and adaptation of the socio-ecological coastal
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• Global Forum of Oceans, Coasts and Islands
  ...eveloping States (SIDS), which are especially dependent on the oceans. The Global Ocean Forum is composed of experts from governments, intergovernmental and ==Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands==
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• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  ...The UNFCCC Secretariat supports the institutions involved in the climate change process, particularly the Convention of the Parties (COP), the subsidiary b ...rnmental efforts to respond to [[climate change]]. It recognizes that the climate system is a shared resource whose stability can be affected by industrial a
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• Kyoto Protocol
  ...ate system". In essence reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. ...ndicative list of policies and measures that might help mitigate [[climate change]] and promote sustainable development.
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