Sand dunes offer clues to coastal erosion and how to prevent it
The 200 million Europeans who live in coastal zones are already feeling the impact of global warming through extreme variations in sea level and flooding.
The 200 million Europeans who live in coastal zones are already feeling the impact of global warming through extreme variations in sea level and flooding.
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2023
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With a view toward predicting the consequences of human-made climate change for Mediterranean ecosystems, Earth scientists from Heidelberg University have studied natural climate and vegetation fluctuations of the past 500,000 ...
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2023
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War-ravaged Libya is better known for its oil wealth than its forests, but environmentalists hope to save its remaining green spaces from logging, development and the impacts of climate change.
Environment
Apr 28, 2023
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New research by Virginia Tech scientists shows that sections of the Chesapeake Bay are sinking at rates of nearly a quarter an inch—or 7 millimeters—a year. Further, up-to-date knowledge of where the ground in the Chesapeake ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2023
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In parts of California's iconic mountainous coasts, breathtaking beauty is punctuated by brusque signs warning spectators to stay back from unstable cliffs. The dangers of coastal erosion are an all-too-familiar reality for ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2023
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Until now, most studies of fungi have focused on their role in marine disease. But according to research done at EPFL, these fungi may also help protect coral reefs against climate change.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2023
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On November 15, 2022, the 8 billionth person on the planet was born. With concerns about food security on the rise, experts are asking: How will we feed everyone? Climate change, natural resource depletion, soil erosion, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 12, 2023
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Archaeological sites along the Libyan shoreline are at risk of being damaged or lost due to increasing coastal erosion, according to a study published April 12, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kieran Westley ...
Archaeology
Apr 12, 2023
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The impact of rising sea levels on our coastlines can be profound. A natural shoreline can respond to sea level rise and coastal erosion, provided the rise isn't too rapid.
Environment
Apr 3, 2023
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Just days after 105 countries backed Vanuatu's historic bid to take climate change before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), this small Pacific nation declared a state of emergency.
Environment
Mar 29, 2023
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