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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
Front view of a tall stilt mangrove
Rhizophora apiculata (tall-stilt mangrove)
This diagram, which appeared in
Fiji's coastal communities are linked with their…
This diagram, published in the New Caledonia Report Card, shows the interconnectedness of human activity and marine ecosystems in a small island country in the South Pacific.
The land, the sea, and the people are connected
Illustration of a shortleaf pine, common to the dry-oak pine forest of the eastern US.
Pinus echinata (Shortleaf pine)
Close up shot of feet walking over a sandy beach with waves in the background.
Feet on the Beach
Great Blue Heron hunting in shallow water.
Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron) in shallow water
waves rolling against a sandy beach
Waves 2
Conceptual diagrams illustrating four east-west transects across the Maryland Coastal Bays to provide insights into the features of the Bays.
Maryland Coastal Bays conceptual diagrams
Illustration of a suburban west-coast house
Suburban: west coast house 2
One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic.
Gullah sweetgrass basket
A map depicts the general distribution of several of Maryland's common harmful algal blooms, in the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays.
The Distributions of Common Harmful Algal Blooms…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the current issues that bay subtidal and mudflat habitats face as well as the problems they are likely to face in the future as climate change impacts this ecosystem.
Effects of Climate Change on the Bay Subtidal and…
Coastal wetlands that are protected from erosion have an adequate sediment supply to build upwards, and will likely be more resilient to the effects of climate change.
Coastal Wetlands Resilience to Climate Change…
Illustration of a finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Finless Porpoise)
Casting into the Atlantic Ocean, the fisherman tries his luck for any sportfish that comes along. Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland.
The popular sport of surf fishing on Assateague…
Illustration of a volcanic island with reef, waterfall and atoll
Reef 3D: volcanic island with waterfall and atoll
Cross-section of a volcanic island watershed, showing crater lakes, waterfalls, modified and natural shoreline, fringing reef, volcanic island, and lava flows.
Watershed 3D: volcanic island with crater lakes…
Coastal road and seawall to the northeast of Apia, Samoa.
Coastal road and seawall in Samoa
Generic coastal lava flow that can be added to any diagram.
Coastal lava flow
Shoals along Eastern Neck, Maryland
Sandbank
Shoals along Eastern Neck, Maryland
Sandbank
Shoals along Eastern Neck, Maryland
Sandbank
Swan Creek Road, Kent County. Sedimentation is shown around the banks of the creek
Swan Creek Road, Kent County, MD
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