Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 14 August 2023

Dumping artificial reefs of concrete to re-imagine wetlands on northern Manhattan Island in New York

·????????https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03082023/swindler-cove-northern-manhattan-coastline-restoration/

57+ World Triathlon Championship participants become ill after swimming in sewage-fouled ocean waters on the coast of England

·????????https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/57-swimmers-fall-ill-after-plunge-in-dicey-ocean-waters-in-world-triathlon-championship/ar-AA1eSYWh

Plans to construct 3 tunnels under Waitemala Harbour in Aukland, New Zealand – two for 3-lane roads & one for light rail hoping to alleviate congested traffic

·????????https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/new-zealand-plans-three-auckland-harbor-tunnels-for-27-billion-1.1955774

US Army COE begins mobilization for renourishment of Vilano Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Plan

·????????https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/3483916/usace-jacksonville-begins-mobilization-for-renourishment-of-vilano-beach-coasta/

·????????Project:?https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/StJohnsVilanoCSRM/

Portion of coastal resiliency plan for Boston, Massachusetts, may soon be implemented

·????????https://www.archpaper.com/2023/08/scapes-coastal-resiliency-plan-boston-moves-ahead/

·????????2018 Plan:?https://www.archpaper.com/2018/10/scape-boston-resilient-harbor/

New class of American Coastal Cruise Ship to be launched – hybrid catamaran design

·????????https://maritime-executive.com/article/new-class-of-american-coastal-cruise-ship-launches

Seagrass restoration project in the Florida Keys

·????????https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sea--shoreline-and-coastal-conservation-association-cca-florida-collaborate-on-seagrass-restoration-project-in-the-florida-keys-301892717.html

Just what is needed in Hurricane Country – new beachfront master-planned community in Galveston, Texas

·????????https://houston.culturemap.com/news/real-estate/roseate-beach-galveston-luxury/

Addressing possible solutions for degradation of coastal waters in Falmouth estuaries

·????????https://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/wastewater-marine-chemistry-and-coastal-health/article_ba30fc02-1da6-50d5-a112-3e7e5ee81618.html

Slopes are not yet done sliding along Big Sur Coastal Highway in California

·????????https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/recent-slide-activity-along-the-big-sur-coastal-highway-could-further-delay-reopening

Paper:?Variability of blue carbon storage in evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas mudflats in Qatar

·????????https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39762-7

Tourists flocking to see the receding glaciers of the Alaskan coast – how much tourism is too much?

·????????https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/08/07/climate-change-is-erasing-one-of-alaskas-most-popular-destinations-will-visitors-keep-comi

Ships backlogged at the Panama Canal due to ongoing drought conditions – average 3-week wait time

·????????https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/this-is-going-to-get-worse-before-it-gets-better-panama-canal-pileup-due-to-drought-reaches-154-vessels/ar-AA1f1JCO

Rebuilding & expanding Port of Beaumont Terminal 1

·????????https://www.enr.com/articles/56904-texas-port-reconstruction-posed-numerous-front-end-risks-for-team

Humans attempting to save coral reefs in Florida

·????????https://theconversation.com/the-heroic-effort-to-save-floridas-coral-reef-from-devastating-ocean-heat-210974

Santa Olalla Lagoon in Donana Natural Park in southern Spain dries out due to drought & over-exploitation

·????????https://phys.org/news/2023-08-key-spanish-lagoon-dries-due.html

Analysis of high-resolution seismic data for resource evaluation in Gulf Coast & Gulf of Mexico

·????????https://www.usgs.gov/publications/analysis-high-resolution-single-channel-seismic-data-use-sediment-resource-evaluation

·????????USGS SIR 2023-5093: ?https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5093/sir20235093.pdf

Using sediment cores to predict the future of coastal freshwater ecosystems

·????????https://news.mst.edu/2023/08/no-crystal-ball-necessary-predicting-the-future-of-coastal-freshwater-ecosystems/