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Louisiana's $2-billion gamble: Flood the land to save the coast
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Louisiana's $2-billion gamble: Flood the land to save the coast

A new engineering project would bring much needed land to eroding marshes but at a huge cost to the fishing industry.

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Rising sea levels putting wildlife at risk
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Rising sea levels putting wildlife at risk

Rising seas pose threats to wildlife habitat, and many species are losing important habitat for critical life functions such as nesting.

Carl Hiaasen: Saving the Everglades is taking far too long

If all that goes smoothly — which would be miraculous — the most optimistic prediction for finishing the reservoir and its 6,500-acre cleansing marsh is in eight years.
Slowly but surely, South Carolina's incredibly complex shoreline is losing ground
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Slowly but surely, South Carolina's incredibly complex shoreline is losing ground

Two-thirds of South Carolina’s more than 8,600-mile-long marsh and beach shoreline is eroding, a complex system of edges fraying under an onslaught of an ever-rising sea, a new study found.
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Care of South Jersey marshes will pay off when sea levels rise

Care of South Jersey marshes will pay off when sea levels rise

Saltwater marshes are among nature's most productive ecosystems, a base for the web of aquatic life.

High water threatens to drown sections of Florida's Everglades
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High water threatens to drown sections of Florida's Everglades

Weeks of high water following a hurricane, tropical storm and rain is putting wildlife and tree islands in danger in the Everglades wilderness, risking what state wildlife officials are calling a pending ‘catastrophe.’
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