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This diagram, from the 2021 Maryland Coastal Adaptation Report Card, shows the changes that threaten coastal communities (white font) alongside adaptation actions (blue font) that can alleviate the impacts of those changes.
Coastal changes and adaptations
A small reef made up of oysters
Crassostrea virginica (Oyster reef)
An adult Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
Athene cunicularia (Burrowing Owl)
Side view of an adult striped bass
Morone saxatilis (striped bass 3)
Common eelgrass with seeds
Zostera marina (Common eelgrass) with seeds
Illustration of Avicennia marina (Grey Mangrove)
Avicennia marina (Grey Mangrove)
Front view of a tall stilt mangrove
Rhizophora apiculata (tall-stilt mangrove)
Illustration of a plastic bottle cap
Bottle cap
Illustration of the many forms of man-made microdebris, particles smaller than 5 mm made of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials.
Man-made microdebris
Balearica regulorum (Grey crowned crane) at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia.
Balearica regulorum (Grey crowned crane)
African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), African spoonbill (Platalea alba), and yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) feeding in a marsh in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Marsh birds feeding
Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea) on a branch in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Vidua paradisaea (long-tailed paradise whydah)
Forest landscape in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Luangwa forest landscape
Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis) in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Mycteria ibis (yellow-billed stork)
Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis) in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Mycteria ibis (yellow-billed stork) 2
Forest landscape in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Luangwa forest landscape 2
Saddle-billed storks (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (saddle-billed…
A pond covered in Nile cabbage (Pistia stratiotes) in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Pistia stratiotes (Nile cabbage)
Illustration of a Brown Surgeonfish (Acanthurus Nigrofuscus)
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Brown Surgeonfish)
Illustration of a ball-style watering trough for livestock
Livestock watering system
Illustration of a manure storage structure
Manure storage structure
This diagram, which appeared in
Fiji's coastal communities are linked with their…
Illustration of Limulus polyphemus (Horseshoe crab).
Limulus polyphemus (Horseshoe crab) 2
Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat)
Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat)
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