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How oysters and seagrass could help the California coast adapt to rising seas

Grist

According to Molly Melius, program manager at Stanford University’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program, seawalls can reduce beach width, decrease sand replenishment of beaches, and also accelerate erosion at the ends of seawalls. That portion could increase to one-third by 2100 if current rates continue.

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

As this year comes to an end rising emissions are exhausting our carbon budgets. Yet the fossil fuel industry continues to be the primary source of emissions and governments around the world continue to subsidize this climate destroying source of energy. Many eco-systems will be lost and sea ice will disappear as will glaciers.

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

As this year comes to an end rising emissions are exhausting our carbon budgets. The fossil fuel industry continues to be the primary source of emissions and governments around the world continue to subsidize this climate destroying source of energy. Many eco-systems will be lost and sea ice will disappear as will glaciers.