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Kiribati Blues: Picking up the Slack from Skunking the Paris Agreement

John T. Boal Anote Tong, Australian National Tidal Centre, Ben Namakin, coast, COP15, COP16, FactCheck.org, Getty Museum, Green Climate Fund, Kiribati, L.A. County Homeless Count, Ricky Kej, water

The very survival of Kiribati and dozens of other coastal nations around the world are intrinsically tied to our own survival.

beach nourishment at Coney Island, NY

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Messages in the Sand from Hurricane Sandy

JoAnne Castagna Army Corps of Engineers, beach, beaches, coast, coastal, Coney Island, erosion, flood, flooding, Gilgo, hurricane, Long Island, New Jersey, New York, Passaic, Rahway, Raritan, river, Rockaway, sand, Sandy, super storm, superstorm, Westhampton

Researchers have found that federally funded beach nourishment projects in New York and New Jersey prior to Hurricane Sandy saved an estimated $1.3 billion in avoided damages. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking these findings to improve future beach nourishment projects…

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