Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 16 September 2024

The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries, and Deltas

·?????? https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/920933120

·?????? https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244839/the-world-atlas-of-rivers-estuaries-and-deltas

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The natural processes that create of beach sand

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/where-does-beach-sand-come-from/ar-BB1pSpQv

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Statewide bans on plastic bags lead to significant reduction in trash on beaches and waterways

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-09-statewide-plastic-bags-beach-pollution.html

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Algal blooms and toxic tides in Lake Erie

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/toxic-tides-satellites-capture-lake-eries-alarming-transformation/

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Human noise makes Salish Sea waters too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1057460

·?????? Paper:? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.17490

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Legacy of WWII - Beginning to cleanup dumped military weapons & bombs in the Baltic Sea

·?????? https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-big-baltic-bomb-cleanup/

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Politics plaguing flood recovery in coastal city of Derna, Libya

·?????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/A_year_on_rebuilding_Libyas_flood-hit_Derna_plagued_by_politics_999.html

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Franklin-98 Project – living shoreline stabilizing portion of Florida panhandle coastline in Apalachicola Bay

·?????? https://csengineermag.com/how-a-living-shoreline-is-protecting-a-vital-infrastructure-asset/

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San Diego, California, area coastline closed for more than 1,000 days due to sewage crisis

·?????? https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/coastline-near-san-diego-closed-sewage-crisis-19743214.php

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Call for federal state of emergency amid transboundary toxic air & water pollution crisis emanating from Mexico in the Tijuana River and causing immediate & serious threat to health & safety of residents of South San Diego

·?????? https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4870673-southern-california-representatives-federal-state-of-emergency-transboundary-pollution-crisis/

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Board of Commissioners approve 237-home development on Colonels Island – 211-acre tract of woodlands & wetlands being rezoned from agriculture to residential use with private drinking water system & septic tanks on half-acre parcels

·?????? https://thecurrentga.org/2024/09/09/liberty-county-commission-approves-237-new-homes-on-colonels-island/

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NPS seeking public input on proposed land exchanges in Cumberland Island National Seashore

·?????? https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25116646-cumberland-island-national-seashore-seeks-public-feedback-on-proposed-land-exchanges-9-5-2024

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Marsh Forward – Regional Plan for Future South Atlantic Coasts Million-acre Salt Marsh Ecosystem

·?????? https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25116546-sasmi-plan-1

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Savills 2024 Nearshoring Index

·?????? https://eurobuildcee.com/en/news/34643-top-destinations-for-industrial-nearshore-supply-chains

·?????? https://www.savills.com/insight-and-opinion/savills-news/365908/nearshoring-index-names-top-destinations-for-industrial-occupiers-looking-to-shorten-supply-chains

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Nearshore Fish Atlas of Alaska

·?????? https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/habitat-conservation/nearshore-fish-atlas-alaska

·?????? Interactive Atlas:? https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/mapping/sz/index.html?tab=fa&layout=h2

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Vietnam will not likely meet 5 GW target for offshore wind power by 2030

·?????? https://theinvestor.vn/vietnam-unlikely-to-meet-target-of-5-gw-offshore-wind-power-by-2030-sp-global-d12172.html

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Stabilizing Grand-Lahou Peninsula on the Ivory Coast of Africa

·?????? https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2024/09/10/video-stabilizing-grand-lahou-peninsula-by-deme/

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Port of Oakland considering range of applications to develop 50-acre Howard Property

· https://www.porttechnology.org/news/port-of-oakland-seeking-development-for-howard-property/

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Managed retreat in South Carolina

·?????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14092024/managed-retreat-promises-and-challenges/

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More than 2M acres of floodplain development in the US in last two decades – roughly half of that in Florida

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-09-million-acres-floodplain-decades.html

·?????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004585

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Dams built to “prevent” coastal flooding can make it worse

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-09-built-coastal-worsen.html

·?????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JC020498

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