Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 13 December 2021
Elaine Hanford
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Elaine Hanford
Retired Professional Geologist & Environmental Scientist; Consultant & Freelance Technical Editor; Consultant Family History e-Search
Load of timber on Almirante Storni cargo ship off Gothenburg, Sweden, on fire – Sweden seeking help from Norway to extinguish the burning cargo
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40 coastal species are found living on plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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O&G exploration & development will have lingering impacts on Alaskan coastal plain
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Semisopochnoi, Great Sitkin & Pavlof volcanoes remain active in the Aleutian Arc
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Intentionally littering the seafloor by sinking aircraft like Boeing 747 to boost diving tourism
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Feral hogs voraciously eating shellfish along Southern coastlands – impacting wetlands
·????????Paper:?https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26504-4
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Georgia Ports Authority accelerating $150M expansion at Port of Savannah
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3 carcasses of Fraser’s dolphins have washed ashore between Diamond Head & Waikiki – one appeared to have shark bites
·????????https://mauinow.com/2021/12/07/trio-of-frasers-dolphin-carcasses-found-on-oahu-south-shore/
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Flurry of offshore wind development along East Coast means jockeying for limited grid connections
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Looking for modern and fossil sea cows in the Arabian Gulf
·????????https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/conservation-commons/2021/12/07/sea-cows-arabian-gulf/
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Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach continue to postpone new container dwell fees
·????????https://gcaptain.com/los-angeles-and-long-beach-ports-continue-to-postpone-new-container-dwell-fee/
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Sharks gathering along the East Coast is not unusual despite recent social media hype
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Status of manatees in the waters of Florida
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Gray whales make first appearance of migration season off the coast of Oceanside, California
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Dredge operator faulted for deadly 2020 liquified propane pipeline explosion in Corpus Christi Ship Channel – 5 killed & barge a total loss – caused $2+M in damage to pipeline
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US Navy resisting order from Hawaii to suspend underground fuel tank use at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor – threat to drinking water aquifers
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Potential use of thermoplastic composite pipes to ship “green hydrogen” from offshore wind turbines
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Kempinski Floating Palace is new floating resort in Dubai – replete with helipad & villas
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Poseidon Water requesting $1.1B in public financial incentives for desalination plants in California
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Save the Redwoods League will purchase 3,181-acres along the Mendocino Coast to preserve the rugged coastline and restore the redwood forest
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Retrospective:?How “Alvin” found the lost H-bomb in the Mediterranean
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