ES42A:
At the Edge: Coastal Science Supporting Community Resilience I


Session ID#: 37366

Session Description:
Coastal [human] communities face ever-increasing challenges that impact their use of, and reliance upon, the ocean. These challenges include changing ocean conditions, such as ocean acidification and hypoxia that threaten coastal ecosystems and harvested fisheries, and physical threats such as rising sea levels, increased erosion, and catastrophic events (e.g., severe storms, tsunamis) that can directly and indirectly impact human communities and ocean resources. The current increasing rate of change of environmental (see above) and social (e.g., changing demographics, industries) conditions is undermining the resilience and adaptability of coastal communities. As such, these communities have a vested interest in identifying and informing relevant scientific questions. Applied research efforts, such as those supported by the Sea Grant program (US and international) and other entities, often benefit significantly from community input. This input allows for targeted exploration of key questions and a clearer pathway for application of research results. This session will highlight projects that examine key ocean and coastal resource questions that impact coastal communities, especially projects which have benefited from community engagement during the scientific investigation.
Primary Chair:  Shelby Walker, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States
Co-Chair:  Sarah E Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States
Moderators:  Sarah E Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States and Shelby Walker, Oregon Sea Grant, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Sarah E Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States
Index Terms:

1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1635 Oceans [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1641 Sea level change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • CD - Coastal Dynamics
  • EP - Ecology and Physical Interactions
  • OC - Ocean Change: Acidification and Hypoxia

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Envisioning a Resilient Northwest Coast: Co-developing alternative futures for adaptation planning and decision-making (304487)
Peter Ruggiero1, John Bolte2, Janan Evans-Wilent1, Katherine Serafin3, Cynthia Schwartz1, John Stevenson1, Alexis Mills2 and Eva Lipiec4, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)Oregon State University, United States
Assessment of a Boston Harbor-Wide Barrier to Mitigate the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise (315599)
Robert F Chen1, Mark Borrelli1, Jarrett Byrnes2, Lucy Lockwood3 and Paul H Kirshen4, (1)University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Boston, Biology Department, Boston, MA, United States, (3)University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States, (4)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Decoding the Role of Risk Perception & Uncertainty in the Communication of Marine Environmental Information: An Ocean Condition Forecast Case Study (318227)
Jessica Kuonen1, Flaxen D.L. Conway1 and P Ted Strub2, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
High tide flooding along the U.S. Coastline: regional exposure assessment using a spatially consistent flood threshold definition (318152)
William Sweet, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD, United States, John J Marra, NOAA Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, United States, Greg Dusek, NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States and Jayantha Obeysekera, South Florida Water Management, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Coastal Adaptation Impacts on Water Quality and Flooding for a Highly Urbanized Estuary (327057)
Philip M Orton1, James Fitzpatrick2, Reza Marsooli3, Kogan Nataliya4, Eric Wayne Sanderson5 and Kim Fisher5, (1)Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, United States, (2)HDR Engineering, Inc., Mahwah, NJ, United States, (3)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (4)HDR Engineering, Inc., Mahway, NJ, United States, (5)Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, United States
Examining the Role of Nature-based Solutions for Coastal Adaptation in two Island Provinces of Papua New Guinea (322984)
Siddharth Narayan, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Richard J. Cuthbert, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Carter J. Ingram, Wildlife Conservation Society, NY, United States and Michael W. Beck, The Nature Conservancy, CA, United States
Bucking the Trend, Civil Discussion to Reach Consensus (306889)
Susan Lovelace, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC, United States, Matt Nowlin, College of Charleston, Political Science, Charleston, SC, United States, Justin Reedy, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Department of Communication and Research, Norman, OK, United States, Stacey Weinstock, College of Charleston, Masters of Environmental Studies, Charleston, SC, United States and Lee Bundrick, College of Charleston, Masters of Environmental Studies/Masters of Public Policy, Charleston, SC, United States

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