Tag: sea level rise
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As Scarcity Worsens, Mississippi River Users Seek Protective Compact
Looking ahead toward the future for one of the country’s most iconic rivers, officials have taken steps to better protect their local source water as climate change seems poised to present increasing challenges. “At the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative’s (MRCTI) annual meeting … about 30 mayors unanimously voted in favor of pursuing a…
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Dune restoration could increase the resilience of urban beaches to sea level rise
Photo: Beach bur, a native plant that helped to form dunes on a section of Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles. Karina Johnston Over the last several years, the residents of Santa Monica, a coastal city on the edge of Los Angeles, saw something neither they, their parents, or perhaps even their grandparents had ever…
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How fast are the sea levels rising?
Photo: A hotel guest steps out of a hotel into a flooded street in Miami Beach, Fla., on September 29, 2015, during high tide flooding caused by sea level rise and the lunar king tides. (Image credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images ) The modern era of human-caused climate change — the Anthropocene — has also been called the…
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Rising groundwater threatens thousands of toxic sites in the Bay Area
As climate change brings devastating storms and rising tides to California, many coastal communities face another threat, one that’s hidden and trickling up from below. When sea levels rise, dense saltwater moves inland beneath the soil, pushing up the layer of fresh groundwater that floats above it. In many coastal areas, even a few inches…
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Contra Costa Resilient Shoreline Committee on Sea Level Rise Created
On May 16, 2023, the Board of Supervisors cemented Contra Costa County as a local leader in sea level rise adaptation and resilience efforts with the establishment of the Contra Costa Resilient Shoreline Ad Hoc Committee on Sea Level Rise (“Committee on Sea Level Rise”). The Committee on Sea Level Rise’s work will focus on…
