Decades after the US buried nuclear waste abroad, climate change could unearth it – Grist Magazine
![Aerial view of the Runit Dome (or Cactus Dome), Runit Island, Enewetak Atoll c. 1977-1980. The crater created by the Cactus shot of Operation Hardtack I was used as a burial pit to inter 84,000 cubic meters of radioactive soil scraped from the various contaminated Enewetak Atoll islands Courtesy of US Defense Special Weapons Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Runit_Dome_001-714x900.jpeg)
A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from U.S. nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Islands…The report summarizes disagreements between Marshall Islands officials and the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the risks posed by U.S. nuclear waste. The GAO recommends that the agency adopt a communications strategy for conveying information about the potential for pollution to the Marshallese people.
The Marshall Islands Aren’t Giving In to Sea Level Rise – Hakai Magazine
![The Marshall Islands coping with the effects of climate change and rising sea levels (Courtesy of the Asian Development Bank CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/49551237886_49e9ac922c_c-798x533.jpg)
The precariously placed island nation has put together a comprehensive—if expensive—plan to survive sea level rise…
Inside the Marshall Islands’ life-or-death plan to survive climate change – Grist Magazine
![Aerial view of Laura Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands, (courtesy of Coast Guard News CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/47544748661_10dbf40e82_k-798x532.jpg)
The Pacific island nation is seeking $35 billion to protect against sea-level rise and prevent a mass exodus…“We call it our national adaptation plan, but it is really our survival plan,” said John Silk, the foreign minister of the Republic of the Marshall Islands…
A Drop in the Ocean – CNN Interactive
![Sauðárkrókur, Iceland © 2014 D. Shrestha Ross](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMGP1586-798x532.jpg)
As the world experiences sea level rise, Iceland’s waters are falling — and flowing to the other side of the planet…