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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

Kuta Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Bali, has turned into a “dumping area” of trash, January 2021 (by Agung Parameswara, Agung Parameswara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia).

From paradise to plastics pollution: Bali’s battle for marine plastics debris – 360info

Art + Science

Sunset On The Klamath River (by Linda Tanner CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Undammed: Amy Bowers Cordalis and the fight to free the Klamath − Patagonia Flims

Sand Mining

"Dredge spoils" A boat rides low in the water hauling dredged dirt from the Mekong river delta in Vietnam (by program monkey CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Vietnam ex-official took US$300,000 bribe to allow illicit sand mining – The Star

SL Rise | Climate Change

Installing a tide gage near Castle Cape (courtesy of NOAA Photo Library CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Why seas are surging | Interactive – the Washington Post

Coastal Care JR

Cover of "Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall" (Illustration by By Jason Chin, courtesy of Neal Porter Books via PenguinRandomHouse.com).

Little Books with Big Subjects – Hakai Magazine

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

Anini Beach, 2018 (by Alan Grinberg CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flicker).

Hawaii homeowner hired security to kick people off Kauai beach – SFGate