As glaciers melt amid the heat of a warming planet, scientists predict that coastal communities in the United States could eventually experience flooding from higher tides. Conservative estimates range from … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump signs order that could open California coastal waters to new drilling
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could open large parts of the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans to new oil and gas drilling, creating yet another clash … Click to Continue »
Read More »Plastics dominate debris washing up on state’s coastal beaches
Several times each week, Russ Lewis and a few friends pick up litter that washes ashore on a 7-mile stretch of ocean shoreline, and most of it is plastics of one kind of another. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study: 13.1 million US coastal residents could face flooding because of rising sea levels
As many as 13.1 million people living along U.S. coastlines could face flooding by the end of the century because of rising sea levels, according to a new study that warns that large numbers of Americans could be forced to relocate to higher ground. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Coastal communities face extreme peril, must prepare
In the 1960s, people had an explanation for the changing weather: “the bomb.” In the 1970s, it was “the greenhouse effect.” We’ve since adopted the terms global warming and climate change. … Click to Continue »
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