Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 18 December 2023

Documenting changes in shallow waters around the islands of Bermuda

·???????? https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2023/12/08/atlantic-ocean-bermuda-warmer-acidic-40-years

·???????? BATS:? https://bats.bios.asu.edu/about/

·???????? Paper:? https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1289931/full

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The 600-mile Michinoku Coastal Trail in Japan

·???????? https://www.cnn.com/travel/japan-michinoku-coastal-trail-tohoku/index.html

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Recommendations on coastal development will provide framework for long-term resilience on Prince Edward Island in Canada

·???????? https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/government-receives-recommendations-on-coastal-development

·???????? ICPR Report:? https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/2023_pei_interim_coastal_policy_recommendations.pdf

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Coastal Water Planning Council public outreach meeting on plans for Bulloch & Bryan Counties in Georgia to supply water to Hyundai Metaplant America

·???????? https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/coastal-water-planning-council-public-outreach-meeting-thursday-otc/

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1,000 artificial reefs to be placed along coastal Alabama intended to filter water & increase marine life

·???????? https://www.wkrg.com/baldwin-county/1000-artificial-reefs-to-be-placed-across-coastal-alabama/

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BC Ferries extending dry-dock time for Coastal Renaissance Ferry until March

·???????? https://globalnews.ca/news/10159815/bc-ferries-extends-coastal-renaissance-repairs-to-march/

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Salt mine owned by Braskem Petrochemical ruptured & partially collapsed in Brazilian coastal city of Maceio- imminent risk prompted evacuation of tens of thousands as land was sinking

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/collapse-fears-as-petrochemical-giant-s-salt-mine-ruptures-in-brazil/ar-AA1li3qZ

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52-foot female, juvenile fin whale washes up on Pacific Beach in San Diego

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/massive-52-foot-fin-whale-washes-up-on-san-diego-beach/ar-AA1ligX8

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After a decade of cleanup work, salmon are returning to streams in San Jose, California

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/san-jose-s-remarkable-salmon-recovery-after-decade-of-cleanup/ar-AA1lijkn

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Hikurangi subduction zone generates great earthquakes and tsunamis that hit New Zealand – model suggests 580-year recurrence interval

·???????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/tsunami/tsunamis-up-to-90-feet-high-smash-into-new-zealand-every-580-years-study-finds

·???????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023JB027207

Massive landslide in coastal cliffs on the Isle of Wight

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-white-house-quietly-sends-3-billion-to-california-s-over-budget-bullet-train/ar-AA1ll9j7

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Impacts of fiddler crabs on the Great Marsh in the Gulf of Maine

·???????? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapping-the-unequal-distribution-of-global-precipitation/

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Anguilla National Trust to safeguard Sombrero Island Nature Reserve Marine Park

·???????? https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/12/safeguarding-sombrero-island-anguilla-national-trust

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Mapping irregularly flooded high marsh & salt pans/flats on northern Gulf of Mexico coast

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/mapping-high-marsh-and-salt-pannesflats-along-northern-gulf-mexico-coast

·???????? Paper:? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10106049.2023.2285354

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Last of the Indigenous reef netters – salmon fishery

·???????? https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/last-of-the-reef-netters-an-indigenous-sustainable-salmon-fishery

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Caltrans predicts Pacific Coast Highway 1 will reopen at Paul’s Slide on Big Sur coast in late spring

·???????? https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/12/12/caltrans-says-highway-1-to-reopen-at-pauls-slide-on-big-sur-coast-late-spring/

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Big surprise!? Another “green energy” project running behind schedule by at least a year & over budget by at least $125M – Charybdis construction

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-sea-monster-sized-ship-disrupting-biden-s-wind-energy-dreams/ar-AA1lumvd

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Beach-goers warned to be wary of timbers swept from cargo vessel Scot Explorer off North Sea coast – washing up at Whitley Bay and Seaton Sluice

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/clear-up-begins-as-timber-washes-up-on-beach/ar-AA1lvLpx

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California Coastal Commission certified growth blueprint for 1,000-acre? Barrio Logan – buffer zone to separate residents from shipping industry & ensure not new industrial facilities are permitted there

·???????? https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/local/story/2023-12-14/barrio-logan-growth-plan-coastal-commission-approval?utm_id=121624&sfmc_id=5271467

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California PUC votes to allow Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach to continue operation through 2030 – extension estimated to exceed cost of $6B – seeking to avoid power blackouts

·???????? https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-12-14/california-energy-officials-vote-to-extend-diablo-canyon-operations

·???????? https://calcoastnews.com/2023/12/officials-vote-to-extend-life-of-diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant/

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Pre-restoration water quality in Herring River to support adaptive management of Cape Cod National Seashore

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/assessment-prerestoration-water-quality-herring-river-support-adaptive-management-cape

·???????? SIR 2023-5120:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5120/sir20235120.pdf