Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 15 November 2021

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 15 November 2021

Whooping cranes making their way to the Texas coast

·????????https://www.yahoo.com/news/whooping-cranes-slowly-making-way-130023431.html

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Deadliest storm in Great Lakes history – “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

·????????https://www.yahoo.com/news/november-7-1913-great-lakes-110000067.html

·????????https://www.yahoo.com/news/november-10-1975-wreck-edmund-105000378.html

·????????YouTube:?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DUFPNILvM

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Finland & Washington State plan to establish small port in Tacoma, Washington

·????????https://www.geekwire.com/2021/washington-state-finland-sign-mou-establish-smart-port-tacoma/

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Autonomous ‘snake robot’ intended to conduct underwater inspections of offshore energy facilities

·????????https://www.oedigital.com/news/491901-argeo-taps-eelume-snake-robot-for-autonomous-underwater-inspection

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New infrastructure bill allots $17B for ports through US Army COE with 68% for new construction that can take 10-15 years – will it solve the supply chain crisis? – US Army COE has $109B backlog - will it be spent efficiently and wisely?

·????????https://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-infrastructure-bill-allots-17-b-for-ports-heres-where-that-money-will-go-182804372.html

·????????https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-moves-speed-newly-passed-infrastructure-funding-ports-n1283564

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Caribbean beach communities aim to reduce tsunami risk through preparedness

·????????https://www.undrr.org/news/caribbean-beach-communities-strive-shut-out-tsunami-risk

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Practical guide for using dredged sediment for estuarine & coastal habitat restoration

·????????https://www.offshore-energy.biz/restoring-estuarine-and-coastal-habitats-with-dredged-material/

·????????Handbook:?https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/learn/restoring-estuarine-and-coastal-habitats-with-dredged-sediment/

·????????Guide:?https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Restoring-Coastal-Habitats_V8.pdf

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16 RESTORE Act projects to help Mississippi Coast following 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill

·????????https://www.wjtv.com/news/state/16-restore-act-projects-aim-to-help-mississippi-coast-after-2010-oil-spill/

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill settlement funds to restore oyster reefs in Texas Gulf

·????????https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-11-09/environment/deep-horizon-oil-spill-settlement-funds-to-help-restore-tx-oyster-reefs/a76476-1

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Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would encompass 7,000 square miles offshore of San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara Counties in California

·????????https://www.seattletimes.com/business/proposed-national-marine-sanctuary-off-california-advances/

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Protecting & restoring Tangier on Chesapeake Bay would cost $250M to $350M - but relocating 436 inhabitants would cost between $100M to $200M – no brainer as to which is more cost effective but guess which option policymakers will most likely choose

·????????https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/933719

·????????Paper:?https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2021.779774/full

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Increasingly large offshore wind turbines may exceed lateral loading & overturning moments leading to toppling & failure – massive upscaling of offshore deployments critical to achieving “goals”

·????????https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/warning-that-increasingly-large-offshore-wind-turbines-risk-getting-too-big-for-their-foundations-10-11-2021/

·????????https://www.winddaily.com/reports/Scientists_bring_efficiency_to_expanding_offshore_wind_energy_999.html

·????????Paper:?https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(21)00430-X

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To study impact of Hurricane Ida on groundwater quality & storm surge spread of chemicals & microbes to groundwater and wells in SE Louisiana

·????????https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-floods-science-louisiana-environment-65befcfd9666754517e6a9775640d61b

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Almost 4,000 people on Ghana coast displaced by tidal surge – blamed on “climate change”

·????????https://www.yahoo.com/news/almost-4-000-people-displaced-112643137.html

·????????https://www.modernghana.com/news/1117661/tidal-wave-governments-lackadaisical-posture.html

·????????https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/No-plans-to-construct-evacuation-centres-to-assist-tidal-waves-victims-NADMO-official-1399279

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West River flooding impacted Edgewood Park

·????????https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/park_flooding_mystery_/

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Recovery of the Thames Estuary & River – future impact of Thames Tideway Tunnel

·????????https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054645619/state-of-the-river-thames-report-london

·????????Report:?https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/ZSL_TheStateoftheThamesReport_Nov2021.pdf

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Deteriorating Red Sea oil tanker “The Safer” could harm ecosystem & pollute waters – stranded since 2015 off the coast of Yemen – contains 1.1M barrels of oil

·????????https://www.treehugger.com/red-sea-oil-tanker-dangers-clean-water-ecosystem-5208578

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Worldwide mapping analysis captures impact of human sewage on coastal ecosystems

·????????https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211110145428.htm

·????????Paper:?https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258898

·????????Interactive map:?https://www.globalwastewatermodel.com/webmap.html

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Better policies can enable coastal adaptation

·????????https://phys.org/news/2021-11-coastal-threats-tackled-focus.html

·????????Report:?https://resiliencechallenge.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Enabling-Coastal-Adaptation-FINAL011121.pdf

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Opposition growing to seismic surveys for O&G along Wild Coast in Eastern Cape

·????????https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-11-11-shells-seismic-blasting-plan-along-wild-coast-under-fire/

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A sea defence scheme for erosion hotspot at Hemsby in the UK

·????????https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/local-council/planning-bid-for-hemsby-sea-defences-8478706

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Over-tourism (i.e., tourists having sex on the sand dunes) is damaging the coastal environment

·????????https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/tourists-having-sex-dunes-ruining-091942554.html

·????????Paper:?https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479721019939

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Villagers in Fairbourne, Wales, resist abandoning village to the sea

·????????https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/frustration-defiance-village-abandoned-sea-082043738.html

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