Officials at Southern California Edison, the plant’s operator, said the sewage amounted to a “non-radiological release” that entered the ocean through a conduit from Unit 2 at the facility.
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California: Some beaches stay open, others shut down – why coastal closures are varying during coronavirus response
As various government agencies navigate uncharted waters, each stretch of sand may have different protocols when it comes to coastal access.Part of the confusion is caused because different government agencies have control over various stretches of the coast.
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Ocean species are shifting toward the Poles
Concentrations of marine animal populations have been shifting away from the equator and toward the poles during the course of the past century, according to one of the most comprehensive analyses of marine species distributions to date.
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This case represents a big clash between two rights: private property and free access to California’s coastline.
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Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching in five years
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered another mass bleaching event – the third in just five years.
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Underwater avalanches are trapping microplastics in the deep ocean
A collaborative research project between the Universities of Manchester, Utrecht, and Durham, and the National Oceanography Centre has revealed for the first time how submarine sediment avalanches can transport microplastics from land into the deep ocean.
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Despite fundamental differences in their biology, plants and animals are surprisingly similar in how they have evolved in response to climate around the world, according to a new study.
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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the northern Pacific on Wednesday and forecasters said tsunami waves were possible for the nearest shores. A brief tsunami watch for Hawaii was canceled.
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A previously unknown and significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists both marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems and concerned about what it may mean in an era of climate change.
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