Saturn's moon Titan is experiencing coastal erosion from methane seas
New Scientist
JUNE 19, 2024
Saturn’s moon Titan has coastlines matching ones on Earth that have been carved by waves, hinting that Titan’s hydrocarbon seas and lakes also has them
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Amtrak shuts down its second-busiest corridor due to coastal erosion, again
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Amtrak has once again suspended train service along the second-busiest rail corridor in the country due to the human impact on coastal erosion.
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Underwater innovation at Illinois Beach State Park to help mitigate coastal erosion
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 10, 2022
Each year, winter wreaks havoc on Lake Michigan communities as waves and ice pummel the coast. In recent years, winter storms combined with record high lake levels have been especially damaging.
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Underwater pendulums could calm waves and reduce coastal erosion
New Scientist
APRIL 9, 2023
A device made of cylinders tethered to the ocean floor could lessen the ferocity of waves, preventing them from eroding the shore
Managing river restoration and coastal erosion
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 30, 2023
A team has developed a more accurate formula to calculate how much sediment a fluid can push across a granular bed, which could help engineers manage river restoration and coastal erosion. The key to the new formula comes down to the shape of the sediment … Continue reading Managing river restoration and coastal erosion
New Arctic Report Warns of Disturbances for People, Plants and Animals
Scientific American
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Across the Arctic, rain is replacing snow, melting sea ice is leading to coastal erosion, and increased ship traffic is putting fragile ecosystems at risk.
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The Stream, January 5, 2022: Can “Smarter” Tech in the Great Lakes Combat Climate Change?
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 5, 2022
As climate change worsens, scientists are hoping to more accurately monitor its effects on water temperatures and quality, lake levels, coastal erosion and algae blooms. These include sensors on buoys, satellite imagery, cloud-based computer platforms and other data gathering tech.
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Dear Oil and Gas CEOs: Here’s How You Should Spend Those Record Profits
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 29, 2022
cities, counties, and states over climate damages and deception; and 39 cases brought by seven coastal parishes and the State of Louisiana seeking damages for coastal erosion around oil fields. Chevron alone is facing a $9.5
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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)
Real Climate
AUGUST 13, 2021
We would see massive coastal erosion happening all around. Not only would it be extremely hard and costly – if possible at all – to defend cities like New York during a storm surge with a so much higher sea level.
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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Flooding, coastal erosion, wildfires, thawing permafrost, and extreme weather events are causing unprecedented loss and damage of places and customs. Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide.
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PA Sea Grant: Online Great Lakes Literacy Education Exploration Opportunities For Educators (GLLee) Now Available
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 1, 2023
How do invasive species impact the Great Lakes and what can we do to help reduce their impacts on native ecosystems? -- Coastal Erosion (Best suited for students in grades 6-12): What? Coastal erosion is the process by which strong wave action and coastal flooding wear down or carry away rocks, soils, and sands along the coast.
Gold Coast leads way in beachfront rainforest restoration
A Greener Life
JULY 1, 2021
Littoral rainforest is a type of forest that grows along the beachfront, providing habitat for native flora and fauna and acting as an important buffer to coastal erosion and wind damage. It’s a unique ecological community that is currently considered critically endangered, due to limited large-scale areas of it remaining intact.
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Enormous cost of relocating US climate refugees from coastal town a stark example for the whole world, researchers warn
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
A 2015 paper by Schulte found that Tangier Island had lost 67% of its total landmass since 1850 due to a combination of relative sea level rise and coastal erosion. The publication of the paper was followed by misinformation, the researchers said, with claims that coastal erosion alone was responsible for Tangier’s land loss.
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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code
Real Climate
AUGUST 12, 2021
This means more coastal erosion, increases the risk of coastal inundation and makes storm surges a bigger threat for coastal settlements. A thermal expansion explained 50% of sea level rise during 1971–2018, while ice loss from glaciers contributed 22%, ice sheets 20% and changes in land water storage 8%.
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Coastal Restoration Helps the Ocean Help Us
Ocean Conservancy
OCTOBER 22, 2021
If you’re not on the water or near the coast, much of this price may go unnoticed until there are disasters like stronger hurricanes, more intense flooding, coastal erosion or harmful algal blooms. It may seem like a good thing all around that the ocean is protecting us in this way, but the ocean actually pays a hefty price.
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As coral reefs are in demise, a new one is discovered near Tahiti?
A Greener Life
JANUARY 26, 2022
In addition, the organisms that live on the reefs can be further used as they can be important for medical research, and can also provide protection from coastal erosion and tsunamis. As coral reefs are an important food source for other organisms, locating them can aid research around biodiversity.
Stormy rhythms: creating music from the giant waves that shape our coasts
Physics World
MAY 20, 2021
The collaborators plan to create teaching packs that combine music with information about coastal erosion and climate change. Initially, the project is focused on studio music but once Covid restrictions ease it will probably include a live component too. Another idea is to design musical informational displays on clifftops.
The Stream, March 29, 2023: Mass Fish Die-Off Reignites Concerns on Overuse of Australian River
Circle of Blue
MARCH 29, 2023
Rivers, drinking water, and farmland in southern Senegal have become too salty, a consequence of coastal erosion and seawater intrusion. Coastal communities in southern Senegal are reckoning with environmental change. In Tunisia, scarce water reserves prompt nightly shutoffs in and around the capital city.
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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
The increased intensity of storm surges coupled with the ineffectiveness of the coral reef barrier is leading to considerable coastal erosion in the Pacific Islands. Coastal erosion is occurring at an alarming rate within the Pacific Islands. Coastal change in the Pacific Islands. 3] Gombos, M., 4] Houghton, J.,
FRESH, March 7, 2023: EPA Proposes Considering Tribal Treaty Rights in Water Quality Standards
Circle of Blue
MARCH 6, 2023
In an effort to slow coastal erosion, $74 million will be used to build islands and rubble reefs in Illinois Beach State Park. As PFAS pollution in Lake Superior threatens Ojibwe fishing practices, a new EPA proposal would require states to consider treaty rights in water quality standards.
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U.S. Supreme Court To Review Scope of Appellate Review for Federal Officer Removal in Climate Change Litigation
The Energy Law
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Moreover, in addition to climate change litigation, the Supreme Court’s review could have a significant impact on Louisiana’s coastal erosion litigation, where energy companies have asserted similar arguments when removing those 42 cases.
If you build it, will they come? Initial observations of an artificial reef in Lake Michigan
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Coastal erosion is an issue that has long plagued Great Lakes shorelines. Erosion along the Illinois Lake Michigan coast is influenced by a variety of hydrodynamic processes that operate within the littoral (nearshore) zone resulting in problematic habitat loss, beach degradation and property damage.
IPCC: The planet is on red alert
A Greener Life
AUGUST 13, 2021
And coastal areas will continue to be at the forefront of the battle due to continued sea-level rise throughout the 21st century – contributing to more frequent and severe flooding in low-lying areas as well as in coastal erosion.
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Pipeline Canal Class Action Dismissed
The Energy Law
DECEMBER 1, 2006
Likewise, she rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the defendants’ collective activities were a cause in fact of the damages, finding that tort liability requires proof of individual causation and noting that the Fifth Circuit uniformly rejects theories of market share or enterprise liability.
20 000 channels of seismic data reveal Arctic climate change
Physics World
AUGUST 8, 2021
So if we find that wave height is increasing every year – and maybe it is and maybe it isn’t, but let’s say it is – then that will have big implications for coastal erosion, which is already a problem on the North Slope. That kind of data will help us understand ocean circulation and wave height.
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U.S. Supreme Court To Review Scope of Appellate Review for Federal Officer Removal in Climate Change Litigation
The Energy Law
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Moreover, in addition to climate change litigation, the Supreme Court’s review could have a significant impact on Louisiana’s coastal erosion litigation, where energy companies have asserted similar arguments when removing those 42 cases.
The Transformation of European Climate Change Litigation: Introduction to the Blog Symposium
Law Columbia
APRIL 9, 2024
In his application to the ECtHR, Carême, as a resident and mayor of Grande-Synthe, argued that exposure to climate risks, including coastal erosion, floods, and coastal flooding, violated his right to private and family life (Article 8 of the ECHR) and the right to life (Article 2 of the ECHR).
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Cleaning Up Trash in Vietnam
Ocean Conservancy
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The rich mangrove forest here is considered to be the city’s lungs and is in need of protection from issues like deforestation, coastal erosion and plastic pollution. It is home to the Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve which was recognized as a global biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2000.
Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
These effects of climate change have been closely linked to socioecological hazards, including biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, coastal erosion, overfishing, and freshwater salinization (Douglas & Cooper, 2020).
Hawaii Considers $25 Climate Tax
Greenbuilding Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
The Governor articulated in the legislation, “that Hawaii’s natural environment faces significant pressure from climate change and the heavy use it receives from persons traveling to enjoy the State’s natural resources.
U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Levee Board’s Lawsuit Against 97 Oil and Gas Companies
The Energy Law
MARCH 3, 2017
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Eastern District’s exercise of jurisdiction and dismissal on the merits of a headline-grabbing environmental law tort suit against 97 oil and gas companies, seeking to hold those entities responsible for Louisiana’s coastal erosion.
Sand and Sustainability
Acoel
MARCH 21, 2023
In many places, sand is being used faster than it can be replenished, and is often extracted causing severe damage to biodiversity, fishing grounds, coastal and beach stability, and an erosion of beaches and riverbeds.
U.S. Fifth Circuit Limits Vessels’ Obligations Under Louisiana One-Call Reporting
The Energy Law
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
This is especially troublesome to the oil and gas industry given that coastal erosion and other forces have reduced the amount of cover over numerous pipelines in South Louisiana. In essence, the decision suggests that a person or entity not having an intent to excavate is not required to give notice under the One-Call Statute.
Understanding the Effectiveness of Coastal Nature-based Solutions: Practitioner-based Learning
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 21, 2023
Download the report. Nature-based solutions (NbS) use nature and natural processes to address societal challenges and protect ecosystems.
Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court
The Energy Law
JUNE 2, 2020
In addition, the scope of appellate review issue is currently before the Fifth Circuit in coastal erosion suits brought by local government entities against the oil and gas industry (Docket Nos. 19-1330), and the First Circuit is likewise reviewing the remand of Rhode Island’s climate change lawsuit back to state court (Docket No.
Mississippi River Delta study reveals which human actions contribute to land loss
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 29, 2023
Read the full story from Indiana University. Scientists reveal new information about the role humans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta — crucial information in determining solutions to the crisis.
New Maps Show Inequitable Geography of Danger Season
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Flooding from tropical storms and hurricanes threaten coastal communities such as the United Houma Nation in Louisiana. Many of these communities have been hit by back to back disasters, and also face coastal erosion, COVID-19 impacts, and climate-augmented storms like Hurricane Ida.
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U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Begins Arctic Journey
Ocean Conservancy
AUGUST 25, 2021
Changing conditions can make the sea ice less predictable and more dangerous for hunters, compromise ice cellars that are used for food storage, and accelerate damaging coastal erosion. Climate change is also affecting the Arctic Ocean ecosystem, including its marine mammals, sea birds, fish and other marine species.
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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Dense seaweed areas may be able to protect other organisms from ocean acidification, can provide oxygen-rich habitats, and can buffer against coastal erosion. Seaweed cultivation may also have climate adaptation and environmental co-benefits.
California Advances Corporate Climate Accountability Amid New Evidence of ExxonMobil’s Deception
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The lawsuit relies on attribution science , which marshals evidence linking such impacts as wildfires, coastal erosion, drought, and heat waves to climate change. Gavin Newsom said that fossil fuel climate accountability litigation could be a gamechanger and he’s eager to work with other governors to pursue this strategy.
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We Need a Strong and Independent NOAA to Protect Our Lives and Homes from Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
From coastal erosion to pollution, NOS’s science helps states and communities manage these resources sustainably. NWS’ Weather Forecasting Offices (WFOs) responsible for issuing extreme weather alerts cover all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands (not shown in the map but covered by the San Juan WFO).
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Making Polluters Pay for Climate Consequences
Legal Planet
MARCH 3, 2025
Assemblymember Dawn Addis commented on AB 1243: The Central Coast has faced the devastating impacts of climate change, from floods and wildfires to coastal erosion. We must be relentless and creative in pursuing all avenues to redirect the financial burden away from the consumer as we mitigate the consequences of human-made disasters.
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The Harris-Trump Debate and Environmental Policy
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
She certainly stayed true to her Californian roots by mentioning the increasing difficulty of acquiring homeowners’ insurance due to the effects of climate change, including the wildfires, floods, and coastal erosion to which we’re prone.
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