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As Sea Levels Rise, So Do Ghost Forests
This NY Times article discusses sea level rise and ghost forests. Saltwater is killing woodlands along the East Coast, sometimes surprisingly far from the sea.
Up and down the mid-Atlantic coast, sea levels are rising rapidly, creating stands of dead trees — often bleached, sometimes blackened — known […]
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Report: Tracking the Atlantic Ocean’s Inland Creep in Miami-Dade County
This article discusses how the Atlantic Ocean’s salt water is creeping inland, into Florida’s aquifers. U.S. Geological Survey report documents underground movement of salt water.
It’s a gentle intruder, moving stealthily underground, out of sight but not undetected. Salt water continues to move farther inland in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, albeit […]
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The Gulf Of Maine Is Warming, And Its Whales Are Disappearing
This article discusses how the Gulf Of Maine is warming, and its whales are disappearing.
Each summer for the last two decades, Jim Parker has readied his small whale watch boat, and made a business out of ferrying tourists out into the cool blue waters of the Gulf of Maine.
For […]
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100% Wind, Water, and Solar (WWS) All-Sector Energy Roadmaps
These two sites provide information on how to get to 100 renewable energy.
Roadmaps for Countries, States, Cities, and Towns; and,
100% Virginia.
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Yale Climate Connection, October 4, 2019
This week’s articles include:
‘This situation brings me to despair’: Two reef scientists share their climate grief
A New Jersey city reuses abandoned industrial sites to capture stormwater
Climate change threatens to reverse recent progress in educating girls
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After my daughter’s cancer diagnosis, I helped discover our town is a cancer hot spot.
This USA Today opinion piece discusses a North Carolina activist’s crusade to stop the spread of cancer in children in her town.
After two years of painful headaches, body temperature problems, weight fluctuations and constant fatigue, my 16-year-old daughter, Taylor, was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer on June 28, […]
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Florida’s Small Cities Struggle To Defend Themselves From Rising Seas
This article discusses how small Florida cities are struggling to protect themselves from rising sea levels.
They found that Florida is by far the most expensive state to protect, with more than $75 billion in climate costs identified, nearly double the next most expensive state — Louisiana.
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The East Coast is Sinking
This Fast Company photo article discusses the East Coast sinking under water—this photographer is documenting it as it disappears. In “On the Edge,” photographer J. Henry Fair shows how sea-level rise is slowly eating away at coastal communities and landscapes.
As climate change pushes sea levels higher around the world, the […]
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Yale Climate Connections August 16, 2019
This week’s articles include:
‘What’s the best kind of car for the climate?’
What it means to be human in an age of climate change
Storytelling is fueling climate conversations at Appalachian State University
Architectural history offers clues […]
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Yale Climate Connections – Week of August 2, 2019
This week, articles include:
What role will climate change play in the 2020 presidential election?
The Great Smoky Mountains’ iconic clouds are helping to protect the region from climate change – for now
People don’t need to ‘believe’ in climate change […]
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