Tuesday 29 January 2008

16/01/08

Coastal Processes

Coastal Arosion and Acretion

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Research into SLR
Records since 1915 - 20cms rise in 90 years

The National Trust:
- Mean Sea Level Rise
- Tides and Surges
- Winds and Waves
- Ocean Temperatures and Currents
- Pollution
- Construction


Physical Changes:

Long term processes-
- Sea Level Rise
- Wave height/ Wave energy/ surge
- Sediment supply
- Coastline retreat

Short term processes-
- Erosion
- Flooding
- Breakdown human intervention
- Coastal Squeeze