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Glass Sand Grows Healthy Mangroves

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 December 202512 December 2025

In places with lots of glass waste, sand made from recycled material could be another tool in the coastal restoration toolbox.

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How Researchers Have Studied the Where, When, and Eye of Hurricanes Since Katrina

by Emily Dieckman 29 August 202513 November 2025

Twenty years after one of the country’s deadliest storms, scientists reflect on improvements in the ability to understand and predict disasters.

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Parts of New Orleans Are Sinking

by Skyler Ware 14 August 202512 December 2025

Areas near the airport, along floodwalls, and in nearby wetlands are subsiding because of a combination of natural and anthropogenic forces.

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Black Neighborhoods Will Bear Future Flood Burden

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 4 March 20224 March 2022

Climate change, shifting populations, and infrastructure development in risky areas compound future flood loss risk.

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Global Risks and Research Priorities for Coastal Subsidence

by M. Allison, B. Yuill, T. Törnqvist, F. Amelung, T. H. Dixon, G. Erkens, R. Stuurman, Cathleen Jones, G. Milne, M. Steckler, J. Syvitski and P. Teatini 13 July 201627 October 2022

Some of the world's largest cities are sinking faster than the oceans are rising. Humans are part of the problem, but we can also be part of the solution through monitoring and modeling.

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2017 AGU Fall Meeting Heads to New Orleans, 2018 to Washington, D. C.

by P. L. Weiss 9 February 201625 April 2023

The American Geophysical Union opts to relocate its 26,000-plus-attendee meeting from San Francisco for 2 years to avoid detrimental impacts from extensive construction at the convention center.

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