Beach nourishment has complex implications for the future of sandy shores

MA de Schipper, BC Ludka, B Raubenheimer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Beach nourishment—the addition of sand to increase the width or sand volume of the beach—
is a widespread coastal management technique to counteract coastal erosion. Globally …

Toward a multifunctional nature‐based coastal defense: a review of the interaction between beach nourishment and ecological restoration

T Kindeberg, B Almström, M Skoog… - Nordic Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal protection has evolved from focusing on hard solutions such as breakwaters and
groynes to include soft or nature‐based solutions (NbS). NbS have been proposed as cost …

Tropical cyclones and permanent El Niño in the early Pliocene epoch

AV Fedorov, CM Brierley, K Emanuel - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Tropical cyclones (also known as hurricanes and typhoons) are now believed to be an
important component of the Earth's climate system,,. In particular, by vigorously mixing the …

Untangling drivers of species distributions: Global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses of MaxEnt

M Convertino, R Muñoz-Carpena, ML Chu-Agor… - … Modelling & Software, 2014 - Elsevier
Untangling drivers of systems and uncertainty for species distribution models (SDMs) is
important to provide reliable predictions that are useful for conservation campaigns. This is …

[KIRJA][B] Reducing coastal risk on the east and gulf coasts

National Research Council - 2014 - nap.nationalacademies.org
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Predicting distribution of major forest tree species to potential impacts of climate change in the central Himalayan region

A Chakraborty, PK Joshi, K Sachdeva - Ecological Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Predicting climatic niche of species and projecting their potential range shifts in geographic
distribution under future climate scenarios is essential for assessing impacts of climate …

Living shorelines: a review of literature relevant to New England coasts

JED O'Donnell - Journal of Coastal Research, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT O'Donnell, JED, 2017. Living shorelines: A review of literature relevant to New
England coasts. Over the last few decades, increasing awareness of the potential adverse …

The effects of a wetland restoration project on the Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus) population and stopover habitat in Momoge National Nature Reserve, China

H Jiang, Y Wen, L Zou, Z Wang, C He, C Zou - Ecological Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
An assessment of wetland restoration project and their restoration impacts can provide a
reference for effective management and habitat improvements. In this paper, a monitoring …

Risk forecasting of pollution accidents based on an integrated Bayesian Network and water quality model for the South to North Water Transfer Project

C Tang, Y Yi, Z Yang, J Sun - Ecological Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
For a long distance water transfer system, guaranteeing the safety of water transferred in a
long open canal is a challenge. Potential pollution sources and locations are identified first …

Portfolio decision analysis framework for value-focused ecosystem management

M Convertino, LJ Valverde Jr - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Management of natural resources in coastal ecosystems is a complex process that is made
more challenging by the need for stakeholders to confront the prospect of sea level rise and …