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Coastal property owners should plan now for rising sea levels. Tides could come up on average 1.5 feet by 2050, and 3.9 feet by 2100, depending on future global emissions, according to the Maine ...
Shipshape Coastal Bedroom. In designing a relaxed Palm Beach home, designer Tom Scheerer took inspiration from the sleeping quarters of a ship for the stylish nautical-themed guest bedroom. If you ...
Malator is a house in Druidston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, built in the Earth house architectural style. It was built for, and owned by, former Member of Parliament Bob Marshall-Andrews. The architectural firm who designed the building was Future Systems. Malator has appeared on television series such as the More4 programme Homes by the Sea, and ...
A Voyage into New England, written by Capt. Christopher Levett to spur interest in the Maine colony. The first European to attempt settlement was Christopher Levett, an English naval captain who was granted 6,000 acres (24 km 2) from the King of England in 1623 to found a permanent settlement in Casco Bay.
Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding; [ 1 ] they also keep out vermin. [ 2 ] The shady space under the house can be used for work or storage. [ 3 ]
Coastal California is heavily influenced by east–west distances to the dominant cold California Current as well as microclimates.Due to hills and coast ranges having strong meteorological effects, summer and winter temperatures (other than occasional heat waves) are heavily moderated by ocean currents and fog with strong seasonal lags compared to interior valleys as little as 10 mi (16 km) away.
Coastal erosion. Heavy marine erosion: cliff fall at Hunstanton in the east of England. Sea erosion at Valiyathura Kerala, India. Tunnel-like structures formed by erosion in Jinshitan Coastal National Geopark, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks ...
The Coastal Zone Management Program was created by the Coastal Zone Management Act [2] (October 27, 1972). It provides grants to eligible states and territories as an incentive to prepare and implement plans guiding the use of coastal lands and resources. Thirty-four of the 35 eligible states and territories are implementing federally approved ...