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Transatlantic collaboration aims to boost resilience of sea walls

Envirotec Magazine

Around 148 million people worldwide are exposed to coastal flooding events, which are predicted to surge in frequency and severity in the coming decades as climate change drives sea levels higher. It’s hoped this will highlight areas where the design and resilience of sea walls could be strengthened.

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Septic system waste pervasive throughout Florida’s Indian River lagoon

Envirotec Magazine

“Our study illustrates that implementing advanced wastewater treatment or distributed wastewater (DWT) technologies in key locations may allow for decreased nutrient loading and improved estuarine water quality and seagrass health in the Indian River Lagoon and elsewhere with similar conditions.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Trees are drowning as the soil becomes soupier , starving their roots of oxygen. West Oakland, California Grist / Getty Images Oceans do not stop where the sea meets the shore.

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Earth is getting extra salty, an ‘existential threat’ to freshwater supplies

Grist

billion acres of soil around the world have gotten saltier, an area roughly the size of the entire United States, and it’s stressing out plants. Salt is even getting kicked up into the air: In arid regions, “lakes are drying up and sending plumes of saline dust into the atmosphere,” such as the Aral Sea in Central Asia, the study says.

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Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

The Environmental Blog

The number of cold fronts has decreased over the span of the last 20 years but at the same time, anomalous events have occurred more frequently.High-intensity Typhoons tend to occur more frequently as the mean sea level rose at a rate of 3 mm per year.Above is an overall image of climate change in Vietnam. Sea-Level Rise.

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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

Perhaps most worrying of all, impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are now inevitable and near-irreversible within timespans stretching from hundreds to potentially thousands of years, leaving only their extent open to question. Natural carbon sinks become less effective as emissions rise.

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With supply chain issues expected to last, companies must go beyond “coping” to fostering resilience

EDF + Business

Businesses in response are making strategic, longer-term changes to become more resilient to increased climate impacts like drought, wildfire, extreme weather and sea level rise. In fact, workplace disruptions caused by climate change could lead to more than $2 trillion in productivity losses by 2030.