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Coastal erosion threatens this ancient city — and others much closer to home – USC Today

Boats in Harbor, Alexandria Egypt, February 2023 (by Adam Cohn CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

USC research on the vanishing coastlines of Alexandria, Egypt, offers nature-based solutions for protecting coastal cities globally, including those in California….

Eroding homes: Ghana’s disappearing coastal communities – Dialogue Earth

Keta, Ghana, in the Volta delta region, shows the erosion the region was/is undergoing (1985).

Villages like Fuveme and Dzakplagbe in the south-east are being lost to rising seas, which threaten over seven million Ghanaians…

A Scenic California Rail Line Sits on an Eroding Cliff. Where Should the Tracks Go? – the New York Times

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego (by Nick Chill CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

In the city of Del Mar, near San Diego, most agree the train tracks must move off eroding bluffs. But debate over its new route has stalled the project while climate change raises the risks. …

How to eat and drink fewer microplastics – the Washington Post

Close-up of plastic water bottles (Courtesy of PxHere.com)

The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp…

After the fire: Malibu scientists urge action to protect coastal ecosystems – the Malibu Times

Devastation of the Palisades Fire, 2025 (courtesy of CAL FIRE_Official CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr).

As cleanup efforts focus on land, marine experts warn of the Palisades Fire’s hidden toll on beaches and ocean life…

The World Can’t Keep Up With Its Garbage | Book Review – the Atlantic

Mountain of Landfill at Dawn, West Java, Indonesia (by Tom Fisk via pexels.com)

Trash dumping is taking a devastating environmental toll—especially on poorer countries….

Global sea level rose higher than expected last year. Here’s why – the Washington Post

Single frame from NASA animation shows the rise in global mean sea level from 1993 to 2024 (by Mark SubbaRao, visualizer (NASA/GSFC) and Benjamin Hamlington, scientist (NASA/JPL) based on data from a series of five international satellites. Courtesy of NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, public domain).

The rate of global sea level rise follows a trend of rapidly increasing rates over the past 30 years…

Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection – Inside Climate News

Climate Change Art (by geralt, courtesy of pixabay.com).

Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”…

Bad News for the Oceans and the Earth – Gary Griggs | Op-Ed

The Burning of the Sky (by Justin Vidamo CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Decisions made and actions taken over the past several weeks in Washington, D.C. by the new administration are going to have a profound, negative and lasting impact on the health of the oceans and the Earth as a whole…

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