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Increased rainfall and floods threaten the urban landscape of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Posted inNews

Deforestation Is Flooding West African Coasts

by Humberto Basilio 7 February 202229 April 2022

The lack of trees is contributing to increased rainfall along the coast of southwest Africa, where communities are already vulnerable to flash flooding.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

沿海岸测量海平面上升

by David Shultz 3 January 20223 January 2022

科学家们绘制了一幅陆地垂直运动全球地图,展示了陆地相对于地球海平面上升的运动变化。

Ice breakup along the southwestern shores of Illinois Beach State Park on Lake Michigan
Posted inNews

Drones and Crowdsourced Science Aid Great Lakes Data Collection

by Iris Crawford 17 December 202111 January 2022

Important data collection can aid coastal monitoring and management.

An atmospheric river drenches California with heavy rain in 2019.
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Atmospheric Rivers Spur High-Tide Floods on U.S. West Coast

by Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright 17 December 202117 December 2021

Researchers analyzed 36 years of data to understand how atmospheric rivers and other factors drive chronic coastal flooding.

Five Wabanaki wampum bead belts.
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WAMPUM: An Indigenous-Designed Path to Sea Level Rise Adaptation

by Jane Palmer 16 December 202121 March 2022

Northeastern and mid-Atlantic tribal nations lived sustainably on the coastline for centuries before colonization. How can their experiences inform strategies for sea level rise adaptation?

A grassy landscape next to a river and the ocean.
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A Global Map of Human Sewage in Coastal Ecosystems

by Katherine Kornei 3 December 202128 March 2022

Prodigious quantities of nitrogen from human waste flow into coastal waters, a study of nearly 135,000 watersheds reveals.

Aerial view of flooding in around Houston, Texas.
Posted inScience Updates

Forecasting Compound Floods in Complex Coastal Regions

by Saeed Moghimi, Edward Myers, Shachak Pe’eri, Y. Joseph Zhang and Fei Ye 16 November 202114 January 2022

Coastal communities face more frequent floods in which rain, rivers, and ocean storm surge combine forces. A reliable system that accurately predicts inundation from these events is urgently needed.

Sunset on the Maine coast from the deck of the schooner Victory Chimes, with one of the ship’s small dories and another sailboat on the horizon.
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Windjamming on the Warming Gulf of Maine

by Mary Caperton Morton 10 November 202110 November 2021

Living in Geologic Time: A sailing venture reveals economic upheaval along Maine’s enduring coast.

Fish swimming through a kelp forest
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Kelp’s Carbon Sink Potential Could Be Blocked by Coastal Darkening

by Doug Johnson 5 November 202119 November 2021

Coastal darkening, an environmental threat researchers are only beginning to study, is found to dramatically reduce the productivity of kelp.

A view of Balboa Pier in California.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Measuring Sea Level Rise Along the Coast

by David Shultz 25 October 20213 January 2022

Scientists created a global map of vertical land motion to show how the solid ground is moving relative to the planet’s rising seas.

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