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‘Post-disaster gentrification’ proliferates in Florida towns as costs soar following hurricanes
Million-dollar homes increasingly replace small-town beach vibes, pushing out longtime residents and transforming oceanfront communities.
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Seabird researchers in Maine report good year for razorbills and puffins
The growth in Maine’s razorbill and puffin populations comes as the Gulf of Maine, which has been warming faster than 99 percent of the ocean, has seen a temporary pause in its heating up over the last couple of years.
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More than 12 trillion tons of ice lost in climate change's big melt
A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979.
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Battered by storms, Hawai‘i communities search for more resilient solutions
“It’s a sign of the times,” Maui County Council Member Tamara Paltin said. “Everything is kind of cyclical, but I think the Earth is going through just a transition. It’s always changing, but this change is just harder for our built environments and humans to deal with.”
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Corals as climate archive: Are El Ninos intensifying?
Records from the past few decades show that, during this period, El Nino events have been frequent and often extreme. But is this normal, or is it the result of climate change? Corals can give us a clear indication.
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Sargassum superbloom: Seaweed scourge or ecological boon?
Stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico, a massive bloom of sargassum seaweed is swamping beaches and killing coastal wildlife. But scientists have discovered the floating algae also shelters a vast array of ocean creatures, and some are now calling for its protection.
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The winners and losers of Maine’s race to armor its shoreline against climate change
Maine quarries proliferate as property owners in coastal towns build sea walls, triggering a slough of local ordinances regulating where the rocks come and and where they go.
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