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Elephant seals take over beach left vacant by US shutdown

Marine Animals

California. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care

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An understaffed stretch of California coastline has new residents: nearly 100 elephant seals and their pups…

Read Full Article; Guardian UK (02-02-2019)

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Plastic Pollution

Mason jars (by pepperberryfarm CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via

What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging? – Grist Magazine

Art + Science

Screenshot from Patagonia Film's mockumentary "The Shitthropocene" via Youtube.

Will Shoppers Ever Care About the Destruction of the Planet? – the New York Times

Sand Mining

Sand Mining on Terekhol River, Cargao, India, Goa (by Ivan Komarov, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED, via Flickr).

2022 Six Part Series on “Sand Dealers” – Le Monde

Sea-Level Rise

Southeastern United States, after winter rains brought sediments from rivers flowing to the East of the Rockies into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast (captured by the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-20 satellite on December 18, 2023, courtesy of NASA/OB.DAAC).

Where Seas are Rising at Alarming Speed – the Washington Post

Coastal Care JR

Screenshot from NASA Space Kids video, "What Causes Sea Level Rise?" via Youtube.

What Causes Sea Level Rise? – NASA Space Place

Ecosystem Destruction

Polyethylene heat welded sculpture made to demonstrate the great Oceanic Gyres created by waste. This artwork is part of a collection titled "The creation of Plastikos" (by Simon MAX Bannister, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia).

Surprising Creatures Lurk in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Scientific American

Shoreline Armoring

An aerial view of the damage Hurricane Ike inflicted upon Gilchrist, Texas (by Jocelyn Augusitno/FEMA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Shelter from the Storm – Science

Problematic Development

Tarkwa Bay Beach, Lagos, Nigeria, 2010 (by Nick M CC BY 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Sweltering Lagos Has 25 Million People and Zero Free Public Beaches – Bloomberg