#coastal — Public Fediverse posts

Brick kiln life || Chittagong by I Am An Amateur Lifestyle Photographer

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjw50jHKa00

#bangladesh #business #chittagong #coastal #color #economy #people #photography #portrait #street #traditional #brick #kiln #life #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

Fixing the fishing line

Sometimes the fishing line gets tangled and you need to stop what you’re doing and fix it....

https://inphotos.org/2026/08/18/fixing-the-fishing-line/

#angler #Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #BlueSky #coastal #Cork #fishing #FishingRod #Ireland #Photo #Photography #pier #SeaWall #SpinningReel #StreetPhotography

Fixing the fishing line

https://inphotos.org/2026/08/18/fixing-the-fishing-line/

collector snags both the mesa portal and the seaside portal

#Collection #Portal #Mesa #Seaside #Beach #Coastal #Desert #Landscape #Travel #Whimsical #Surreal #Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on things for your collection: https://aieris.art/featured/collector-snags-both-the-mesa-portal-and-the-seaside-portal-eris-and-ai.html

Coastal Flooding At Predictable Hours
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75710-5 <-- shared paper
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H/T @bruna Alves | Nature Communications | Editor
“When do coastal floods happen? ⏱️🌊
A new study [link above] shows that, in many tide-dominated coastal regions, flooding tends to occur at specific and recurring times of day. Rather than being completely random, flood events often cluster around predictable hours driven by local tidal patterns.
By analysing coastal flood observations from the UK and the US, [the authors] show[ed] that the timing of flood events can be highly structured, with some locations experiencing floods disproportionately during certain parts of the day.
This adds a temporal dimension to coastal flood risk. We often focus on how frequently floods occur, how severe they are, and where they happen. This study highlights that when they occur may also matter, particularly as rising sea levels increase the frequency of coastal flooding.
The findings provide a useful perspective for coastal adaptation, risk communication, and emergency planning…”
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“Flooding is typically perceived as a sudden and unpredictable hazard. Here, [they] show that recurrent flooding can occur at highly predictable times in tidally dominated coastal systems. This predictability stems from phase-locking of tidal constituents and constituent pairs with the solar day, causing peak tides to recur at consistent local times set by regional tidal propagation. Using tide-gauge records from the United States and the United Kingdom, [they] quantif[ied] the intraday timing of coastal flood events and show strong clustering at specific hours, particularly where semidiurnal or mixed tides dominate. For example, floods in Boston cluster around noon and midnight, whereas in southern California they occur in the morning. Sites with stronger non-tidal variability show weaker clustering. This temporal predictability extends beyond nuisance flooding to larger consequential events involving inundation, road closures and infrastructural damage, highlighting opportunities for anticipatory risk communication, emergency planning and time-sensitive coastal adaptation…”
#coast #coastal #flood #flooding #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #time #statistics #geostatistics #tide #tidal #timing #temporal #floodrisk #risk #hazard #sealevel #sealevelrise #climatechange #emergency #planning #tideguage #UK #USA #innundation #infrastructure #transportation #riskcommunication

Last Light at Ballycotton

The three of them had the pier to themselves, rods out over water that had gone completely flat. I was there with Blarney Photography Club, and sunset is always an attraction there. It had already happened somewhere behind the headland, leaving a band of yellow...

https://inphotos.org/2026/07/30/last-light-at-ballycotton/

#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #coastal #Cork #CountyCork #dusk #fishermen #Ireland #Photo #Photography #pier #seascape #silhouette #sunset

Last Light at Ballycotton

https://inphotos.org/2026/07/30/last-light-at-ballycotton/

A linear journey across the water captured in timeless monochrome.

Elliston, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #BlackAndWhite #Jetty #Monochrome #Elliston #Coastal #Fishing

Casting Off the Pier

Two anglers cast off the end of Ballycotton pier as the sun set. The harbour crane stood black against the sky, and one man’s rod bent back mid-cast, blurred by the long exposure. The cloud broke into pink and orange over the headland to the west, with the hous...

https://inphotos.org/2026/07/11/casting-off-the-pier/

#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #coastal #Cork #EastCork #EveningLight #harbour #Ireland #Photo #Photography #pier #SeaAngling #silhouette #sunset

Casting Off the Pier

https://inphotos.org/2026/07/11/casting-off-the-pier/

postcard from a surreal vacation

#Postcard #Surreal #Vacation #Beach #Seaside #Coastal #Island #TurquoiseWater #Cottage #BlueDoor #WhiteWalls #FloatingWindows #Fantasy #Dreamscape #Sunny #Whimsical #SeasideEscape
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on real real stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/postcard-from-a-surreal-vacation-eris-and-ai.html

https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevieve-r-19341240/

'Genevieve R.
...
'Governance | #NZ #Coastal Policy enthusiast | Writer | Public #Health advocate | Sepsis Survivor | ADHD Advocate | Busy unique mind | Proudly #WOKE| All Strong Views my own (proudly)'

#Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

'When I first became involved in advocating for eastern #tarakihi in 2019, #Fisheries New Zealand’s own #science estimated the eastern stock had fallen to around 16% of its unfished #biomass—well below the 20% soft limit and nowhere near the #Harvest Strategy Standard target of 40%.

'Six years later, we’re paying substantially more at the checkout, yet the eastern stock remains well under a rebuilding-plan target.
'Recent projections suggest it is still hovering around the lower management thresholds, with recovery far from assured under current catch settings.
'That should concern every New Zealander.
We’ve somehow normalised the idea that a fish can become increasingly expensive while remaining chronically depleted. Consumers are paying more, commercial operators continue #fishing, and we’re repeatedly told the #fishery is being managed “#sustainably”.

'If this is what #sustainability looks like, perhaps we need to rethink what the word means.

'A truly #sustainable fishery shouldn’t require decades of rebuilding while the stock remains well below the level our own management system says it should achieve. It shouldn’t leave us debating whether 10–20% of the original spawning biomass is acceptable, and it most certainly shouldn’t have us celebrating modest improvements while remaining nowhere near the target.'
.....
'Perhaps the real question isn’t why the price has risen, it’s whether we’ve convinced ourselves that #depletion has become an acceptable definition of sustainability.
#fisheries #rma #cma #rcep #fisheriesact #protect #enhance #restore

A silver lit sanctuary where the long jetty meets the quiet tide.

Elliston, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #Elliston #EllistonJetty #EyrePeninsula #Sea #Coastal #Jetty

A narrow pathway leading straight into the deep blue of Waterloo Bay.

Elliston, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #Elliston #EllistonJetty #EyrePeninsula #Sea #Coastal

A rusted monument rising from the coastal scrub.

Elliston, South Australia.

© All Rights Reserved by Kev Peirce.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #SouthAustralia #Coastal #RustAndRuins #Elliston

https://www.fogolf.com/1237547/royal-return-for-open-championship/ Royal return for Open Championship #Blackburn #Blackpool #Burnley #Central #CentralRadio #chorley #Coast #Coastal #Dab #Eccleston #Fleetwood #fylde #garstang #GolfCourses #GreatEccleston #Hits #Kirkham #Lancashire #Local #Lytham #music #news #poulton #Preston #radio #RockFm #SaintAnnes #StAnnes

Möwen am Strand an einem bewölkten Tag - die perfekte Atmosphäre zum Nachdenken.

#Strand #Möwen #Meer #Bewölkt #Küste #Wellen #Strandspaziergang #Melancholie #Natur #Entspannung #GrauerTag #Meerblick #Küstenliebe #Wintermeer #Ruhe
#Beach #Seagulls #Ocean #Cloudy #Coastal #SeaView #BeachLife #Nature #Wanderlust #Travel #Photography #Landscape #Peaceful #Moody #GreySky #Mountains #Winter #Explore #Discover #InstaTravel

two portal foyer - your choice of worlds

#Foyer #Archways #Coastal #Seaside #Village #Multiverse #Stone #Rustic #Interior #Exterior #Sunlight #Dreamy #Warm #Inviting
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney

on things in this universe: https://aieris.art/featured/two-portal-foyer-your-choice-of-worlds-eris-and-ai.html

Observing The Tidal Pulse Of Rivers From Wide-Swath Satellite Altimetry
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10287-z <-- shared paper
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https://dahiti.dgfi.tum.de/en/products/river-tides/map/ <-- shared interactive map, ‘River Tides from SWOT’
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#SWOT #RemoteSensing #Hydrology #EarthObservation #ClimateScience #CoastalSystems #Rivers #OpenScience #opendata #tide #tidal #dynamics #exchange #estuary #estuarine #webmap #wetlands #ecosystems #habitat #elevation #marine #freshwater #water #hydrography #hydrology #river #GIS #spatial #mapping #satellite #altimetry #coast #coastal #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #SurfaceWaterandOceanTopography #global #coverage #monitoring #model #modeling #riverine #fluvial #carbonbudgets #nitrogencycle #sedimentation #sealevelrise #SLR #megadroughts #extraction #pumping #regulations #groundwater #intrusion #risk #hazard #naturalhazards #stormsurge #waterresources #tidalrange #rivermouth

Vertical Land Motion And Human Exposure Across India's Coastal Regions
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120539 <-- shared paper 🔗
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https://www.indiaspend.com/climate-change/indias-coastal-cities-face-heavy-flooding-risk-due-to-sea-level-rise-970906 <-- shared media article 🔗
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#SeaLevelRise #Subsidence #India #InSAR #radar #Postdoc #GIS #spatial #mapping #inSAR #LandSubsidence #remotesensing #coast #coastal #coastline #India #earthobservation #subsidence #rise #urban #city #SLR #ClimateChange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #marine #ocean #water #hydrology #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #flood #flooding #model #modeling #floodrisk #infrastructure #damage #costs #economics #verticallandmotion #VLM #ESA #Sentinel #Ahmedabad #Chennai #Amaravathi #Kochi #Kakinada #Kolkata #deltas #estuary #demographics #population #coastalsubsidence #landuse #planning #mitigation #farmland #agriculture #foodsecurity #groundwater #pumping #extraction

The Art Of Mapping The Edge
How surveying challenging terrain will protect New Zealand’s coastal frontiers
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https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/the-art-of-mapping-the-edge <-- shared technical article 🔗
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https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/data/3d-coastal-mapping <-- NZ 3D Coastal Mapping Programme home page
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#bathymetry #topobathy #NV5 #oceanmapping #LINZ #newzealand #geospatial #hydrography #hydrographicsurveys #oceanography #arcgisbathymetry #arcgismaritime #3D #coast #coastal #coastline #naturalresources #ToitūTeWhenua #LandInformationNew Zealand #risk #hazard #infrastructure #resilience #planning #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #survey #publicgood #3DCoastalMappingProgramme #remotesensing #earthobservation #terrain #marine #elevation #depth #model #modeling
@LandInformationNewZealand

Timing And Style Of Tectonic Assembly And Exhumation Of The Mchugh Complex Within The Chugach-Kodiak Accretionary Wedge, Alaska
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025TC009004 <-- shared paper
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https://discoveryalert.com.au/chugach-prince-william-terrain-geology-alaska-2025 <-- shared technical article
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[this paper is WAY over my head in terms of the nuance of structural geology, but still fascinating; further, I have to say: these are TRULY gorgeous, well-designed & presented, and useful geologic maps, cross-sections, annotated photographs and other visualisations (I am jealous of that level of skill, in the BEST of ways!)]
#geology #structuralgeology #fieldwork #geologic #mapping #KenaiPeninsula #McHughComplex #tectonics #underplating #faulting #subduction #erosion #Exhumation #ChugachKodiak #AccretionaryWedge #Alaska #coast #coastal #mineralogy #transects #crosssections #model #modeling #sampling #spectroscopy #accretionary #accretionarymargin #plateboundary #trench #interpretation #peneplanation #forearc

Climatic And Anthropogenic Controls On Late Holocene Sediment Transport To The Gulf Of Mexico By The Mississippi River
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105401 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrography #humanimpacts #human #settlement #anthropogenic #levees #engineering #spatialanalysis #spatialtemporal #erosion #weathering #Mississippi #River #Sediment #Provenance #Zircon #grainsize #alluvial #alluvium #hydrogeomorphology #headwater #coast #coastal #delta #geology #Holocene #geochemistry #Sr #Nd #isotope #Strontium #Neodymium #detrital #climate #GulfofMexico

Global Subsidence Of River Deltas
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09928-6 <-- shared paper
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H/T Wageningen University & Research
“🌊🔍 River deltas are sinking!
A new study [link above] reveals that river deltas worldwide are sinking significantly, faster than sea levels rise..."
#GIS #mapping #spatial #remotesensing #NASA #earthobservation #RiverDelta #ClimateChange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #hydrology #marine #river #delta #coast #coastal #global #subsidence #groundwater #extraction #pumping #overpumping #watertable #hydrogeology #sediment #waterresources #planning #policy #landuse #landscape #hydrogeomorphology #worldwide #riverdelta #humanimpacts #ecosystems #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #flood #flooding #landloss #salinity #risk #hazard #salinization #vulnerable #measurements #monitoring #elevation #insar #radar #surfaceelevation #anthropogenic #urbanexpansion

I have a big glass vase filled with oysters collected on long walks on Caspersen Beach. I sifted through them and found some really fun shapes!

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/three-soft-white-oysters-one-sharon-cummings.html

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/three-soft-white-oysters-two-sharon-cummings.html

#oyster #oysters #ocean #oceanlife #oceans #oceanography #sea #sealife #seas #seafood #restaurants #kitchen #homedecor #coastal #coast #coastalliving #tropical #seashells #shell #luxury #SharonCummingsArt #buyintoart #nature #art #handmade #handmadeart #mastoart #fediart

The Rise Of Community-Led Landslide Monitoring
Could an innovative natural-disaster monitoring system in Alaska be a model for the rest of the country?
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https://seaklandslideworkinggroup.substack.com/p/article-in-sierra-about-southeast <-- shared technical #Substack
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#communitybased #landslidemonitoring #NationalLandslidePreparednessAct #massmovement #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #landslide #publicsafety #monitoring #Sitka #Alaska #debrisflow #risk #hazard #water #hydrology #pluvial #fluvial #rainfall #precipitation #AK #extremeweather #climatechange #atmosphericriver #coast #coastal #slope #steepness #Haines #Ketchikan #Wrangell #Juneau #propertydamage #cost #economics #soilmositure #sensors #raingauge #Skagway #emergencymanagement #forecasting #tool #online #dashboard #situationalawareness #NSF #grant #infrastructure #threshold #historic #analysis #geomorphology #geomorphometry #communication #buddysystem #risktolerance #SitkaTribeofAlaska
#NationalScienceFoundation #USFS

Estimated Average Annualized Tsunami Losses for the United States [#FEMA / #USGS / #NOAA]
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https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_hazus_p-2426_estimated-average-annualized-tsunami-losses-united-states_092025.pdf <-- shared PDF
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#NTHMP #tsunami #earthquake #risk #hazard #cost #economics #GIS #spatial #modelling #model #infrastructure #impacts #humanimpacts #publicsafety #loss #coast #coastal #mitigation #outreach #excavation #regulations #remotesensing #collaboration #SMEs #buildings #populations #communities #policy #lossoflife #injuries #destruction #engineeringgeology #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #hazarddata #hazus
@USGS @NOAA @FEMA

I'm attending.

Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/accessibility-inventory

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at [email protected].

#CommunityEngagement #CommunityEducation #CommunityPlanning #CommunityInput #YYJ #Wsanec #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Flooding #FloodStrategies #CommunityVoices #ProvideYourFeedback #GetInvolved #CommunitySurvey

California Car Porn
Photographer Jon Pinter
#car #carporn #Lightroom #photo #photography #fotografie #photographer #scape #nature #coast #coastlife #coastal #california #westcoast #WestCoastLife

California Car Porn
Photographer Jon Pinter
#carporn #cars #PhonePhotography #mobilephotography #Lightroom #photo #photography #fotografie #photographer #scape #coast #coastlife #coastal #california #westcoast #WestCoastLife

"Bahía de Piriapolis, circa 1986"

#bay #piria #piriápolis #Rocha #maldonado #uruguay #costa #costaeste #seaside #coastal #coastalliving #towns #fromabove #hillside #hilltop #colina #vista #paisaje #view #viewfromthetop #retrô #vintage #memoriesmade #photography #kodak #film #filmphotography

New Zealand's Major Cities Are Sinking
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2025/04/16/new-zealands-major-cities-are-sinking/ <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2025.2470435 <-- shared paper
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https://www.searise.nz/ <-- linked to NZ SeaRise project page
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https://searise.takiwa.co/map/6233f47872b8190018373db9/embed <-- NZ SeaRise web map
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NewZealand #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #impacts #humanimpacts #land #subsidence #sinking #population #growth #risk #hazard #global #GMSL #coast #coastal #planning #management #mitigation #extremeweather #climatechange #cost #economics #infrastructure #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #remotesensing #earthobservation #sentinel #InSAR #urban #city #cities #reclamation #cut #fill #Holocene #engineeringgeology #kiwi #k1w1 #NZ #stormsurge

"Wild Piriapolis"

#vintage #photography #kodak #kodakfilm #wild #landscape #vast #technicolour #repaired #oldphotos #memories #memoriesforlife #photos #piriápolis #maldonado #uruguay #coast #coastal #campo #este #ocean #atlanticocean #atlanticosur #oceanside #1980s #retro #retrospectiva #perspectiva

Oceanic Evasion Fuels Arctic Summertime Rebound Of Atmospheric Mercury And Drives Transport To Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56300-3 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mercury #Hg #contamination #summerrebound #arctic #summertime #atmospheric #transport #contaminate #terrestrial #ecosystems #Hg0 #model #modeling #framework #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #concentrations #seaice #atmosphere #river #riverine #GDAS #GEOS #GEOSChem #MERRA2 #GTMM #global #NDVI #remotesensing #cycling #marine #ocean #water #hydrology #seawater #icemelt #anthropogenic #coast #coastal #tundra #permafrost #climatechange #evasion #vegetation #uptake #mitigation

“𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐀” ❤️ Beautiful new coastal photography HERE: https://buff.ly/3QduDkJ
Sunrise near Kennebunkport, ME was an amazing sight with moody skies. Majestic
and powerful!

#SheliaHuntPhotography #Maine #Kennebunk #Kennebunkport #coastal #Atlantic #photo #photography #art #artgallery #artnews #artinfo #BuyIntoArt #mainecoast #mainelife #NwEngland #VisitMaine #ExploreMaine #MainePhotography #CoastalMaine #MaineOutdoors #travel #travelphotography #mainesummer

Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise

Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.

By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024

PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.

"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
logo for the sinking in saltwater series

"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.

"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.

"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'

"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.

"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.

"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.

"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.

"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."

Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/

#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife

Slideshow with photos from yesterday, stitched with 2 vid shorts.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLJhsGC8gj8

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #sailing #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria #RVYC #photography #slideshow

Visibility was almost nil on waters for most of my session. I found some pockets of wind & took advantage of those, as often as I could.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria #Fog #NoVisability

It was really foggy out on the ocean today!
Almost no winds until we reached mouth of the bay. I was happy to take Mom out for her very first sailing experience ☺️ She found it to be very relaxing. We saw some seals, mergansers, few American coots & a couple of buffleheads.
Back at RVYC on August 22.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria #AsianMastodon #Teochew #MomAndDaughter

#Sailing back into #RVYC marina. Picked up some wind on way back in & had fun 😃⛵️

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xyMP7eaBWFc

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria

I had a great first solo #sailing session this afternoon. Winds were tricky today. Winds changed directions 5 times in 2 hours. Lots of adjustments on my sails today.

I got yacht club approval to take my Mom out as my passenger, for her very first sailing adventure, tomorrow morning! I'm pretty stoked about that. Mom has never been in any sailboat before! I'm not taking her very far because she gets scared of open ocean (while I love open ocean!). It will be very nice to take my Mom out for her first sailing experience 😊⛵️

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria

#RVYC #AbleSailVictoria crew in #ZodiacBoat - heading out to set an upwind marker near mouth of the bay for me to practice sailing a set course & do some figure 8s maneuvering around. Good practice to build up adaptive #sailing navigation & steering skills on my solo practice sails.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria

Saving some time by getting towed out to sailing practice course markers, by one of the #RVYC safety/coach #ZodiacBoats.

I'll upload brief clip of sailing back to marina after practicing some demo race course navigation, soon. Had some nice winds during my first solo adaptive #sailing session today ⛵️😊

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria

I had fun #sailing in the fog today. Zorah sat in stern seat & monitored the safety radio as I sailed around #CadboroBay waters.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #Fog #boats #OakBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #marine

“𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒” -Just sold a 36x20 print of this stunning coastal art! Prints available at---> https://buff.ly/3LA0D0q

#SheliaHuntPhotography #Mystic #MysticCT #MysticReflections #NewEngland #coastal #MysticHarbor #EastCoast #MysticRiver #BestoftheNutmegState #BestoftheUSA #BestofNewEngland #Bestofthe_USA #CoastalArt #BestofNewEngland #Connecticut #CoastalCT

Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘#DoomsdayGlacier’ with potentially dire impacts on #SeaLevelRise

By Laura Paddison, CNN
Published May 22, 2024

"The #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarctica — nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier' because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise — is the world’s widest glacier and roughly the size of Florida. It’s also #Antarctica’s most vulnerable and unstable glacier, in large part because the land on which it sits slopes downward, allowing ocean waters to eat away at its ice.

"#Thwaites, which already contributes 4% to global #Sea Level rise, holds enough ice to raise sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts as a natural dam to the surrounding ice in West Antarctica, scientists have estimated its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of sea level rise — a catastrophe for the world’s #coastal communities."

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/ocean-water-is-rushing-miles-underneath-the-doomsday-glacier-with-potentially-dire-impacts-on-sea-level-rise/1652924

#GlacierMelt #SeaLevel #ClimateCatastrophe

I promised to keep posting work in progress, so here are my upturned boats in progress. I am actually planning out at least some of the print on the computer before I try and make the stencils by hand.

It's a question of what can be positive and what can be negative. Pencil marks and brush strokes cannot be negative (obviously) but paper cuts can be, I guess. Maybe I've made this too hard for myself!

I have no idea how to make multiple layers accurate. I mean, obviously if you cut a boat out of paper then do do have a perfect positive and negative shape.

Anyway there it is! Do let me know what you think.

#wip #illustration #boats #upturned #seaside #sea #oars #buoys #sand #coastal #coast #printmaking #art #PrintmakersOfMastodon

a perfect mermaid
free falling through the ocean
a little girl's dream...

#575Prompt - free-falling
#MastoPrompt - perfect

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mermaid-dance-coastal-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html

#mermaid #mermaids #ocean #sea #sealife #oceanlife #oceans #beach #beachlife #beaches #beachy #coastal #coastalliving #florida #floridians #dreams #fantasy #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #smallpoems #smallpoem #shortpoem #shortpoems #writing #writingcommunity #writinglife #women #girls #beauty #fun #cute

Early morning at Orford, Suffolk, again.

#OutdoorPhotography #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #IntimateLandscapes #boats #wrecks #coastal #suffolk #orford #sunrise #LongExposure #water #seaside #OrfordNess #winter

Early morning at Orford, Suffolk.

#OutdoorPhotography #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #IntimateLandscapes #boats #wrecks #coastal #suffolk #orford #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography