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

Grist

Nichols oversees Coastkeeperā€™s living shorelines program, a project in partnership with California State University, Long Beach, and California State University, Fullerton, that restores ecosystem structures like oyster beds and eelgrass meadows, which protect shorelines from waves, erosion, and sea-level rise.

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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.