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Tag: climate change

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. …

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…

A city looked at the sea as a blessing. It’s now sinking into it – the Independent

Washed Away, 2008 (by Nasha Ila CC BY-NC-SA 2.0via Flickr).

The ocean has now become an existential threat…

A coastal California community is sliding 4 inches a week toward the ocean – SFGate

NASA’s UAVSAR airborne radar instrument captured data in fall 2024 showing the motion of landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula following record-breaking rainfall in Southern California in 2023 and another heavy-precipitation winter in 2024. Darker red indicates faster motion. (courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory via JetPopulsionLab website).

Residents in scenic communities along the coast of Southern California have known for years that the Palos Verdes Peninsula is prone to landslides, but new research from NASA reveals a startling speed at which the Los Angeles subregion is shifting into the sea. …

India’s Huge Artificial Reef Rollout May Cause More Harm Than Good – Dialogue Earth | The Maritime Executive

Kasimedu fishing harbour (by Aravindan Genesan CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Thousands of planned artificial reefs may not increase fish populations, and could exacerbate coastal erosion…

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