Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
Why does Europe need to limit climate change and adapt to its impacts?
Europe’s many regions are expected to face worsening impacts of climate change over the next decades. A compilation of several existing maps published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) illustrates how drought, heavy rain and flooding, forest fires and sea-level rise could affect some selected regions in Europe, including Central Europe, the Iberian peninsula, Scandinavia, Brittany and Venice.
ARCTIC ICE MELT IS CHANGING OCEAN CURRENTS
By NASA:
A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, a new study from NASA shows. The current is part of a delicate Arctic environment that is now flooded with fresh water, an effect of human-caused climate change.
Using 12 years of satellite data, scientists have measured how this circular current, called the Beaufort Gyre, has precariously balanced an influx of unprecedented amounts of cold, fresh water - a change that could alter the currents in the Atlantic Ocean and cool the climate of Western Europe.
Second International Workshop on Maritime Spatial Planning 6-7 February 2020, Cadiz, Spain
On February 6 and 7, 2020, the II International Workshop on Maritime Spatial Planning “From international experiences to the case of the Andalusian Sea” will be held at the University of Cádiz, Spain. This event will take place in the Library of the Campus of Puerto Real and is aimed to managers and public employees, professionals and companies, social agents, PhD students and last degree courses.
Its objective is to address the issues of greatest relevance and interest for the application of Directive 2014/89/EU for Maritime Spatial Planning in Spain and in Andalusia. The workshop will begin by addressing the international framework and the experiences of the pilot projects developed in Spain: SIMNORAT, SIMWEST and MarSP projects.
SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2020, COASTGIS 2020: "SUSTAINABLE COASTAL PLANNING IN A CHANGING WORLD" RASEBORG (EKENAS), FINLAND
The 14th CoastGIS Symposium will take place on 17-19 September 2020 in Ekenäs on the south coast of Finland. CoastGIS is a biennial series of symposia that brings together practitioners and researchers in the field of marine and coastal Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing and computer cartography. It is an established major international coastal and marine event attracting delegates from around the globe.
