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Tag: the Washington Post

Where does hurricane waste go? We tracked it with Air Tags to find out – the Washington Post

Coast Guard Strike team members Petty Officer 1st Class Tina Kimball and Petty Officer 2nd Class C.J. Marsh navigate debris during a mission to assess boats damaged in Hurricane Ian for potential pollution threats, Fort Myers, Florida, Nov. 1, 2022 (by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando, Courtesy of Coast Gaurd CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

The small 1.54-square-mile Treasure Island would produce over 128,000 cubic yards of debris after the storms — roughly 2 million standard kitchen trash bags worth of waste…

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…

In a first, scientists find microplastics are building up deep in our brains – the Washington Post

Small plastic pieces on Taiwan beach (by midnightbreakfastcafe CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

A new study shows that microplastics have crossed the blood-brain barrier — and that their numbers are rising…

As Russian oil spill fouls beaches, locals fume over official response – the Washington Post

Oiled Bird in the 2007 Black Sea Spill, Kerch Strait which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov (by Igor Golubenkov, courtesy of Marine Photobank CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

City invented Australia’s beach culture, environmentalist Richard Gosden says, but all this time ‘it’s been conducted in diluted sewage’…

After Helene and Milton, residents of Casey Key question its future – the Washington Post

Category 5 hurricane Milton churns in the Gulf of Mexico as wildfires rage in the West at 10:30pm on October 7, 2024 (GeoColor imagery from the GOES-16 weather satellite courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

Two back-to-back destructive storms make some ponder the burden of the barrier island’s beauty. Will they rebuild again or give in to climate change?..

He bought his dream home. In 10 years, it could fall into the ocean – the Washington Post

Fall on Cape Cod (by Jack French CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr).

David Moot secured a three-bedroom, two-bathroom bungalow with sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean for just under $400,000 — but its days are numbered…

One block on the Outer Banks has had three houses collapse since Friday – the Washington Post

Debris associated with house collapse at 23001 G A Kohler Court 09-20-2024 (Courtesy of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, public domain, via Flickr).

In Rodanthe, N.C., 10 houses have fallen into the ocean since 2020 in an erosion-plagued stretch of the Outer Banks…

Where the sea wall ends | Interactive Feature – the Washington Post

Sea wall, Galveston, Texas (by Ed Schipul CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

At a time of fast-rising seas, the ocean is eating away at this barrier island and others like it. But humans, who have held their ground here for over a century, are planning new condos…

In Charleston, floods are a ‘constant existential fear’ – the Washington Post

The aftermath of the flooding in North Charleston, South Carolina caused by over 15 inches of rainfall resulting from Hurricane Joaquin, 2015 (by Ryan Johnson, courtesy of North Charleston CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

Charleston, S.C., is weary from a parade of floods that go back a decade. The city is taking action to confront the risk, but Debby offered more proof of how tall a task it faces….

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