Category: Environment

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Overlooked Channels Influence Water Flow and Flooding Along Gulf Coast

3/3/2022 - An unnoticed network of channels is cutting across the coastal plain landscape along the Gulf Coast and influencing how water flows, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin that could help predict flooding from major storms in the future. The coastal plains are relatively flat, which has… SEE MORE

Mayor Wu is Turning Her Attention to East Boston’s Waterfront

2/28/2022 - By Christopher Gavin. As Boston braces for the anticipated impacts of climate change, with rising sea levels in its historic harbor, Mayor Michelle Wu is bringing to the forefront a focus on neighborhood resiliency, namely, how East Boston will prepare for the rising tide. On Wednesday, Wu’s administration announced its intention… SEE MORE

As Climate Change Costs Mount, Biden Seeks to Price Damages

2/27/2022 - By Matthew Brown. HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — In the coal fields of eastern Montana, climate change is forcing a stark choice: halt mining that helped build everything from schools to senior centers or risk astronomical future damage as fossil fuel emissions warm the planet and increase disasters, crop losses and premature… SEE MORE

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https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-climate-change-business-new-york-city-floods-ccb72f9b4b838c8dd388de0ed6840266

What NYC is Planning for the Next Decade of Its Waterfront

2/25/2022 - By Nathan Kensinger. The city is rolling out a new batch of climate resiliency plans to shore up its coastlines affecting more than 8 million residents living along 520 miles of coastline and hundreds of neighborhoods built on creeks, wetlands and islands. For the last three years, a team of… SEE MORE

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/new-species-baleen-whale-gulf-mexico?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Whales and Climate Change: Big Risks to the Ocean’s Biggest Species

2/25/2022 - The impacts of climate change are intensifying locally and globally, significantly affecting marine life and ecosystems. We are already seeing environmental changes, including warming oceans, rising seas, ocean acidification, and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The distribution patterns of many marine species are changing due to… SEE MORE

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UN: Wildfires Getting Worse Globally, Governments Unprepared

2/23/2022 - By Matthew Brown. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report… SEE MORE

https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/12/18/rescuers-free-entangled-humpback-whale-off-california-coast

Entangled Humpback Whale Cleared of Marine Debris off Maui

2/18/2022 - HONOLULU (AP) — A female humpback whale traveling with a male and a calf has been freed after it was found entangled in a line with a large bundle of marine debris attached. The whale was freed Monday while swimming in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary off… SEE MORE

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Global Study Sheds Light on Benefits of Shellfish and Seaweed Aquaculture

2/15/2022 - Shellfish and seaweed farms provide sustainable seafood and can improve the surrounding environment. Farmed oysters, mussels, and other bivalve shellfish are some of the most environmentally sustainable sources of animal protein. Worth an estimated $350 million in 2017, shellfish are the most valuable marine seafood produced via aquaculture in the… SEE MORE

https://apnews.com/article/science-health-business-environment-recycling-e40323953e5adffb32f73b60c9bb2202

Plastic Pollution in Oceans on Track to Rise for Decades

2/9/2022 - (AP) — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans, according to a review of hundreds of academic studies. The review by Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute, commissioned by environmental… SEE MORE

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https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1128/december-2019-the-next-full-moon-is-the-cold-moon/

Why Are There Two High Tides and Two Low Tides Every Day?

2/7/2022 - By Garry Hunt. The Moon’s effect on Earth can’t be ignored. It’s our closest celestial neighbor and has inspired and intrigued stargazers for as long as there have been human beings to look up at the night sky. But it also has a very real and tangible effect on the… SEE MORE