Tag: coastlines
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Government is Scaling Back Water Quality Protections. Surfers are Picking up the Slack.
Photo: A surfer rides a wave against the industrial backdrop of Lake Michigan. (Credit: Mike Killion/Courtesy of Surfrider) Decades ago, California surfers decided to fight coastal pollution. Today, their massive network of citizen scientists is monitoring water quality in places the government doesn’t. In 1984, a small group of California surfers were fed up with…
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With nowhere to hide from rising seas, Boston prepares for a wetter future
Photo: ON THE RISE Bostonians are getting used to flooding. Morrissey Boulevard (shown), near the campus of University of Massachusetts Boston, gets hit several times a year during high tides. DAVID L. RYAN/BOSTON GLOBE/GETTY IMAGES The coastal city is taking the hint from recent storms and floods Boston dodged a disaster in 2012. After Hurricane…
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From Atlantic City to Key West: 21 beach towns that will soon be under water
Photo: Tropical Depression Barry was a hurricane when it hit Cypremort Point, Louisiana. USA TODAY Network drone pilots captured video of flooding there. USA TODAY There are about 13,000 miles of coastline in the 48 contiguous United States, and by the end of the century, these contours will be greatly altered by climate change. By…
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Should we corral reefs?
TANKS IN THE DARK. An enthusiast’s aquarium, filled with various fish species, is situated within the four walls of his bedroom. Photo by Kelly Veneracion In the world of aquarium keeping, beauty has a price. Scientists and environmentalists are concerned with the alarming status of coral reefs in the Philippines, which was confirmed in a…
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‘Like a Terror Movie’: How Climate Change Will Cause More Simultaneous Disasters
Photo: A seaside neighborhood in Mexico Beach, Fla., devastated by Hurricane Michael this year. Scott Olson/Getty Images Global warming is posing such wide-ranging risks to humanity, involving so many types of phenomena, that by the end of this century some parts of the world could face as many as six climate-related crises at the same…
