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Big Oil suffers pivotal losses in 2 climate cases

Some of the world's largest oil companies lost crucial appeals in federal court yesterday. The decisions could shape the outcome of lawsuits filed by California municipalities that accuse the industry of causing damage related to sea-level rise and other climate impacts.
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Antarctic ice shelves: Research reveals a missing piece of the climate puzzle

How sea water circulation underneath Antarctic ice shelves is a vital missing link in climate change projections.
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'We're screwed': The only question is how quickly Louisiana wetlands will vanish, study says

Because of increasing rates of sea level rise fueled by global warming, the remaining 5,800 square miles of Louisiana's coastal wetlands in the Mississippi River delta will disappear.

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Salvaging fossils on the Jurassic Coast

Along a famed stretch of English coastline, amateur and professional collectors alike fill their satchels with fossils before the 200-million-year-old treasures are reclaimed by the waves.

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Loss of Louisiana marshes that protect New Orleans is ‘probably inevitable,’ study finds

Rising seas are likely to overwhelm the wetlands that line the coast of Louisiana, destroying the protection they offer the city of New Orleans as well as the fisheries and tourism that contribute heavily to the state's economy, a new study says.

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What a week's disasters tell us about climate and the pandemic

Extreme weather presents an even bigger threat when economies are crashing and ordinary people are stretched to their limits.
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Not if, but when Louisiana wetlands will vanish, study says

Because of increasing rates of sea level rise fueled by global warming, the remaining 5,800 square miles of Louisiana's coastal wetlands in the Mississippi River delta will disappear.

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Louisiana breaks ground on Isle de Jean Charles resettlement project amid pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed life much for Chris Burnet, a lifelong resident of Isle de Jean Charles, a quickly eroding strip of land among south Louisiana’s wetlands. Though the island, about 80 miles southwest of New Orleans, can’t be saved from the sea-level rise and coastal erosion that
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Stranded by the climate crisis

Global environmental disasters are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, their countries, and everything they know.

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The sea versus St. Augustine

Rising waters put many historic coastal cities at risk of losing their cultural pasts: can they be saved?

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America is not as resilient as it thinks it is

Whether in a pandemic or a hurricane, inequality and underfunded infrastructure are bad for disaster preparedness.
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Dredged material to rebuild two Chesapeake Bay islands

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to transform the swiftly eroding James Island into a formidable storm barrier and wildlife realm.

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Phillips 66 shareholders support studying climate change impact on Gulf Coast petrochemical facilities

A majority of Phillips 66 investors voted for a shareholder proposal that asked the Houston refiner to produce information about the public health risks of expanding petrochemical operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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At the end of the forest: a former Vancouver Island mill town’s struggle for reinvention

Amid industry closures and layoffs, Tahsis and its ambitious mayor offer a glimpse of the challenges communities face as they try to carve out new economies.

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For Honolulu, rising seas deliver flood risks three ways

The biggest source of flooding linked to sea-level rise for Hawaii’s capital city comes not from the sea itself. It comes from underground.
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