Photos: Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as Category 1 storm – the Washington Post
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Hurricane Beryl headed to Texas after hitting Mexico and leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean…
How Florida is Getting Back Its Pink | Interactive – the Washington Post
![Flamingo in waters at the Monroe coast of Florida (by cuatrok77 CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/7218823170_afc822f862_k-1-798x515.jpg)
When Keith Ramos heard a small flock of American flamingos had landed last fall at the nature preserve he oversees off Florida’s Atlantic coast, he rushed to get a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the gangly pink birds in the wild…
The Plastics We Breathe | Interactive – the Washington Post
![People can also be exposed to microplastic particles by ingesting contaminated seafood, or be exposed to it in drinking water, bread, processed meat, dairy products and vegetables. Much of the microplastics in foods may originate from plastic packaging materials, including plastic bottles. In addition, microplastics, particularly microfibres, are present in air, especially indoors They are respirable and small enough to penetrate deeply into the human lung, where plastic microfibres up to 250 μm in length have been detected. (see www.grida.no/publications/747, courtesy of GRID-Arendal, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/51653200602_636b48d7b8_k-798x769.jpg)
Every time you take a breath, you could be inhaling microplastics. Scroll to see how tiny and dangerously invasive they can be….
Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it – the Washington Times
![Caminada Back Barrier Marsh Creation, Lousiana Coast (Courtesy of Louisianan Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/50222487672_156fa1a99e_k-798x449.jpg)
A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency…
A Hidden Threat – the Washington Times
![Exposed septic tank of collapsed house in Rodanthe on evening of February 9, 2022 (Courtesy of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, public domain, via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/51873769729_0b4c9ad598_k-798x599.jpg)
Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the South…
The surprising reasons thunderstorms are more destructive than ever – the Washington Post
![1980 - 2024 United States Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster Cost, CPI Adjusted (courtesy of NOAA National Center for Environmental Information).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-23-at-8.32.27-AM-798x572.png)
There were a record-setting 28 billion-dollar disasters last year, causing $94 billion in damage. Thunderstorm events accounted for 19 of those disasters, and more than half of the costs. A decade earlier, seven thunderstorm events topped $1 billion in damage…
DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law – the Washington Times
![Governor Ron DeSantis speaking with attendees at the 2021 Student Action Summit, in Tampa, Florida. (by Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia)](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1024px-Ron_DeSantis_51326399157-798x532.jpg)
Climate advocates said the bill is a bid for national attention from a Republican governor eager to use global warming as a culture war issue..
Brutal heat swells across Texas as many remain without power in Houston – the Washington Post
![Map of Southern USA forecasting the Heat Risk for May 24, 2024(generated by experimental interactive mapping tool courtesy of National Weather Service | NOAA).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-20-at-8.44.49-PM-2-798x554.png)
Heat-related illness is a growing danger for those without air-conditioning after last Thursday’s violent storms. South Texas will also see extreme heat….
A streak of record global heat nears one-year mark – the Washington Post
![Much Too Hot To Be Out (by Sue Thompson CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/50274894328_d3d820f200_h-798x526.jpg)
Hurricanes are more frequently escalating quickly, and the places they destroy may be those disadvantaged by racist housing policy…