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Coastal management and restoration of our planet's coastlines with a particular focus on California, Louisiana and the Pacific.  Emphasizing wetland restoration, aspects of agriculture in the coastal plain, fisheries, dealing with coastal hazards, and effective governance.
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In Australia, Bushfire Drives People From Covid Lockdown

In Australia, Bushfire Drives People From Covid Lockdown | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
Residents on the outskirts of Perth in Western Australia fled their homes in the middle of the night, just days after being told to stay in because of the coronavirus.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This story speaks to the ongoing issues of needing to be resilient in the face of seemingly never-ending crises and stressors (fire, pandemic, etc.) that are becoming the hallmark of our globally weirded world.
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Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says

Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
The Marshall Islands' capital city is flooded by storm waves, dengue fever and flu are rampant, and its president pleads for help from the global community.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
To those who have argued that climate change, ecological degradation, and environmental justice are not real or somehow amount to overblown concerns, with respect, you've not been paying attention.
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Surrounded by Oil Fields, an Alaska Village Fears for Its Health

Surrounded by Oil Fields, an Alaska Village Fears for Its Health | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
When the wind blows in from the vast oil operations, noses run and asthma flares up. Concerns about respiratory illness have risen as North Slope drilling spreads.
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Our Climate Future Is Actually Our Climate Present

Our Climate Future Is Actually Our Climate Present | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
How do we live with the fact that the world we knew is going and, in some cases, already gone?
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U.S. Cities Lag in Race against Rising Seas

U.S. Cities Lag in Race against Rising Seas | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
Most coastal cities in the U.S. lack plans to meet the challenge of sea level rise
PIRatE Lab's insight:

More information about our local jurisdictions in California sharing sea level rise plans/approaches can be found here:

 

http://sealevelrise.assembly.ca.gov/sites/sealevelrise.assembly.ca.gov/files/Select%20Committee%20Sea-Level%20Rise%20Report.pdf

 

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/california-gets-serious-about-rising-seas-18010

 

A web-based explorer for our potential risen sea levels can be found here:

 

http://cal-adapt.org/sealevel/

 

Some of the story for us here in Ventura County (thanks to The Nature Conservancy) can be found here:

 

http://coastalresilience.org/project-areas/ventura-county-challenges/

 

 

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Climate change brings a new wrinkle to life on Palau's islands: Fear of the sea

Climate change brings a new wrinkle to life on Palau's islands: Fear of the sea | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
Public Radio International Climate change brings a new wrinkle to life on Palau's islands: Fear of the sea Public Radio International While a lot of Palau is higher—most of the country is more than 30 feet above sea level, well above just about...
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How Climate Change Could Cause Massive Global Migration

How Climate Change Could Cause Massive Global Migration | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
In the next 50 years, more than a million climate migrants could come to the United States from Central America if nothing is done to curb carbon emissions. That’s according to a new model that predicts where refugees from regions decimated by decreased crop productivity, water shortages and rising sea levels may move.  The model,
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Coastal Real Estate Worth Billions at Risk of Chronic Flooding as Sea Level Rises

Coastal Real Estate Worth Billions at Risk of Chronic Flooding as Sea Level Rises | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
More than 150,000 homes and businesses could face frequent high-tide flooding within 15 years. That could double by 2045, a new report says.
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When Atlantic City floods, low-income neighborhoods are left underwater

When Atlantic City floods, low-income neighborhoods are left underwater | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
New Jersey's working class have been left behind, as federal funds for Hurricane Sandy recovery and flooding problems have gone to wealthier neighbors.
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The same old story: the least powerful bear the most burden.
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Sea level rise is projected to displace 13 million in the United States by 2100

Sea level rise is projected to displace 13 million in the United States by 2100 | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
The number of people who could be displaced in US coastal regions due to rising sea levels this century as a result of climate change is much higher than previously thought.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Also see this nice LA Times article on the same study:  http://www.latimes.com/world/global-development/la-na-global-sea-levels-story.html
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Epic King Tides Offer Glimpse Of Climate Change In Marshall Islands

Epic King Tides Offer Glimpse Of Climate Change In Marshall Islands | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
Hundreds of people who had to flee their houses earlier this week as floodwaters tore through Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, are now returning home to pick up the soggy pieces.
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New Zealand rejects climate refugee asylum bid

New Zealand rejects climate refugee asylum bid | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
New Zealand will pack up members of a Kiribati family and send them back to their drowning island rather than grant them refuge.

Via Garry Rogers
PIRatE Lab's insight:

Disappointing.  While this is not directly realted to the decisions (especially the fraudulent declarations of Marine Protected Areas as a barter for developed nations paying for climate dislocations) associated with repatriations, all of this is ultiamtely related.

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