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Posted inENGAGE, News

For Venice’s Floodgates to Work, Better Forecasts Are Needed

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 14 October 202129 March 2023

Climate change increases massive storm surges, which may be more than Venice’s flood-control system can handle.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Coastal Ecosystems Under Pressure Worldwide

by T. Malone, A. Malej and J. Faganeli 19 March 202127 October 2022

A new book explores how two river-dominated coastal estuaries are responding to the pressures of human expansion and climate change.

Ruins of Fort Beauregard are partially submerged in lake Borgne.
Posted inFeatures

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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