COASTLINES AND PEOPLE

In an effort to better understand the research needs related to advancing understanding of the impacts of coastal environmental variability and natural hazards on populated coastal regions, UCAR, with a grant from the National Science Foundation, assembled 400+ scientists to obtain recommendations on how to pursue these goals. This emerging effort about Coastlines and People is called CoPe... Coasts are paramount to our nation's economic prosperity, sustainability and national security. U.S. coastal ports handle more than $700 billion in merchandise annually. Coastal fisheries and seafood generate more than $200B per year and support more than a million jobs in both commercial and recreational sectors (NOAA, 2016). Nationwide, retail expenditures on recreational boating exceed $30 billion. Critically, 1,774 military sites across the globe depend on the stability of 153,646 kilometers (95,471 miles) of coastline (Center for Climate and Security, 2016)... Environmental phenomena of..